Raphaël Beysang CBGB Gamay 2019
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| Management number | 253563753 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$19.60 | Model Number | 253563753 | ||
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CBGB stands for C'est Bon le Gamay du Beaujolais. The cuvée is a collaboration rooted in friendship: after spring frosts in 2019 severely cut Raphaël Beysang's own yields in Saint-Germain-Nuelles, he turned to his longtime colleague Vincent Marie of No Control in Auvergne. Vincent contributed fruit from a parcel he owns, cultivated by Raphaël, planted with 50-year-old vines on alluvial soils. The label echoes Vincent's own No Control aesthetic deliberately.
Vinification was handled by Vincent Marie in the No Control style: whole bunches, short maceration, free-run and press juices blended, and maturation in fibreglass vats. No additives were used from vine to bottle, no fining, no filtration, no added sulfur. The wine was bottled in recycled one-liter bottles, consistent with Beysang and Hurtubise's practice of releasing all their wines in liter or magnum format.
The 2019 growing season across Beaujolais was defined by April frosts, a heat spike exceeding 40°C in summer, drought, and violent August hailstorms that hit the southern Pierres Dorées zone especially hard, reducing regional yields by 25% or more. Grapes that survived to harvest showed concentrated flavor, good natural acidity, and ripe fruit, conditions that suited the unfussy, zero-intervention approach here.
In the glass, this is a medium-bodied Gamay with bright red fruit, a hint of earth, and the light-footed structure Beaujolais alluvial soils tend to produce. Drink with a slight chill.
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