2024 Christian Ducroux 'Exspectatia' Beaujolais, France Bodegas Frontonio Kings County Distillery Single Malt

Kings County Distillery Single Malt American Whiskey

were pulled off and it was distilled a second time before a final maceration

Aged for ~ 11 months half in old oak

but is much more austere

and Antoine spent a lot of time revitalizing them well in advance of the 2019 harvest–an effort that really shows in his brilliant first effort from these vines

2024 Christian Ducroux 'Exspectatia' Beaujolais, France Bodegas Frontonio Kings County Distillery Single MaltFrom one of Beaujolais most uncompromising natural growers, Exspectatia comes off Ducrouxs biodynamic, polyculturally farmed estate in Rgniold Gamay vines rooted in granitic sand and decomposed pink granite. Hand harvested, whole cluster fruit undergoes long, slow carbonic fermentation with native yeasts, followed by levage in neutral vessels and bottling with zero added SO.