Delicately pampered by 50 devoted winegrowers, Saint-Amour draws its emotional depth from the variety of soils making up its terroir. Despite what its name seems to suggest, the tastes flowing from its bottles are not all tender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The famous Beaujolais cru can be sometimes angelic, sometimes demonic. Depending on the vinification process, Saint-Amour wines<\/strong> can be light and fruity or complex and powerful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first instance, maceration is short, bringing to the fore the notes of iris and violet or even raspberry, and the liveliness of this delicate wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the second case, the tannins develop more and reinforce the balanced bouquet with kirsch and spice notes. Saint-Amour wine produced this way is at its best and most intense after 5 years. However, that shouldn\u2019t keep you from drinking it earlier or later. It all depends on what you are looking for in a wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everything about this appellation is reminiscent of the intense feelings of a passionate love affair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The commune itself is very much about romance, with its statue of the legionary Saint-Amor near the church, a town hall that is the venue for many weddings, as well as hotels and restaurants with suggestive names like the “Auberge du Paradis”, “\u00d4 Coeur du Paradis” and “Au 14 F\u00e9vrier”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although its name means that it attracts particular attention on Valentine\u2019s Day, Saint-Amour is actually drunk year round. Young Saint-Amour<\/strong> wines are good aperitif wines or pair well with summer dishes like barbecues, Mediterranean vegetable tarts, carpaccio or cold verrines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In autumn, this famous Beaujolais cru \u2013 the long maceration version \u2013 adds a little zing to your pumpkin pur\u00e9e, veal risotto, tomato crumble or pork filet mignon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whereas in winter, it warms hearts when served with guineafowl, stuffed turkey or poularde in gravy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Saint-Amour wines<\/strong> caress your palate with a harmonious, fleshy bouquet. Tender at times, and at others racy, this famous Beaujolais cru is your faithful year-round companion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":622,"template":"","thematique":[],"class_list":["post-1561","appellation","type-appellation","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaujolais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/appellation\/1561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaujolais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/appellation"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaujolais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/appellation"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaujolais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaujolais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"thematique","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaujolais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thematique?post=1561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A village that sings an ode to love<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A year-round companion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n