Anne-Sophie Dubois Fleurie l'Alchimiste 2023

In Anne-Sophie Dubois’s hands, Fleurie is never about charm for charm’s sake. L’Alchimiste—her most structured cuvée—is built from older vines on granite soils, and while it carries the fragrance of Fleurie, it moves with more gravity. There's tension here. Thoughtfulness. A sense of slow transformation that justifies its name. The 2023 vintage was handled with partial whole cluster and a gentle touch, fermented naturally and raised in neutral oak. The result isn’t showy, but it glows—fine tannins, cool mineral lift, and a savory, herbal edge that gives the wine its signature quiet depth. This isn’t the Fleurie of fast pours and chillable reds. It’s the one you sit with. The one that unfolds over hours, not minutes. The one that reminds you how much Gamay can say when it’s trusted.