Beaujolais Season
Beaujolais Season
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Bertrand, Yann 2024 Fleurie Cuvee du Chaos
From the Importer: "Certified Organic and practicing Biodynamic. 100% Gamay. From 2 ha of vines in 2 parcels of Bertrand’s eldest familial vineyards. Primarily grown on decomposed granite and sand, this poor, acidic soil allows for concentrated wines. Bush trained...
$59.99
Bertrand, Yann 2024 Fleurie VV
From the Importer: "Certified Organic and practicing Biodynamic. 100% Gamay from a 2 hectare plot of 60+ year old vines grown in pink granite sand soils - called Arene Granitique. Carbonic maceration with native yeast for 17-20 days. 12+ month...
$59.99
Bertrand, Yann 2025 Beaujolais Lantignie
From the Importer: "Certified Organic, Practicing Biodynamic. 100% Gamay. From a 1 ha parcel located in the “Bastys” area. Composed of a deep granite arena at 500m altitude. Cordon pruning to 6200 vines/ha. Alternating plowing and permanent inter-row grassing. Strict...
$44.99
Bonnet-Cotton 2023 Brouilly 100% Cotton
From the Importer: "Organic. Located right next to the Bonnet-Cotton winery in Odénas, Cotton’s parcel of Côte de Brouilly is on a unique terroir of ‘corne verte,’ a particular soil blend of pink granite and diorite which Pierre claims is...
$42.99
Lapalu 2024 Beaujolais-Villages Vieilles Vignes
The 2024 Lapalu Beaujolais Villages is a selection of old vines (50 to 80 years-old) from several plots with a density of 11,000 plants per hectare. Mostly mid-slope, south-east facing early ripening parcels on sandy granite soils. Whole cluster carbonic...
$26.99
Lapalu 2023 Cote de Brouilly
The Mont Brouilly, a volcanic "bump" in the granite bedrocks of the Beaujolais, is a terroir of mineral-rich bluish rock with little or no soil, giving a quite different character to the wines. The Lapalu 2023 is from a one...
$36.99
Chamonard 2018 Fleurie La Madone
(Tasted on release in 2020) A rare and delicious Fleurie from Jean-Claude Chanudet at Domaine Chamonard! Since taking over from his father-in-law (Joseph Chamonard) in 1990, Jean-Claude has been keeping the beautiful natural traditions of this estate alive. This Fleurie...
$38.99
Chamonard 2021 Fleurie La Madone
(Tasted in 2023) The 2021 "La Madone" shows a bit less weight and alcohol than the 2018 and 2019 but is a lovely wine in a lighter style showing delicate aromas of violet, red berries and spice. The palate is...
$31.99
Chamonard 2019 Morgon Le Clos de Lys
From four hectares of massale-selection, high density plantings ranging from 50 to 100 years of age in the lieu-dits of Chenes, Corcelette, and les Martillets. Jean-Claude Chanudet and his wife Geneviève (Chamonard) at Domaine Chamonard are making some of the...
$32.99
Coudert 2024 Fleurie Clos de la Roilette
Alain Coudert seems to make terrific wine every year and the 2024 Clos de la Roilette is no exception. A parade of rainy weather early in the year finally gave way to more rainy weather, with a little sunshine. Of...
$25.99
Coudert 2024 Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Cuvée Tardive
The Cuvée Tardive comes from very old vines on clay and granite soil in Alain Coudert's beautiful Clos de la Roilette, just over the border from Moulin-a-Vent. By "Tardive," Alain Coudert implies that one should wait for this wine to...
$30.99
La Grosse Pierre 2024 Chiroubles
Pauline Passot at Domaine de La Grosse Pierre in Chiroubles is certified organic, with vines on the classic granite rose soils. The wines have wonderful elegance and freshness. Her entry level 'La Grosse Pierre' is a great value for village...
$25.99
Bouland, Daniel 2021 Morgon Bellevue Cailloux
"Daniel Bouland’s “Bellevue Cailloux” cuvée is crafted from his older vines in this climat, with the vines more than sixty years of age and planted on granitic soils. The 2021 Bellevue Cailloux comes in at an even thirteen percent octane...
$39.99
Bouland, Daniel 2021 Morgon "Delys" VV 1926
The oldest vine cuvée in the Bouland cellars, the “Delys 1926” is made from vines that were ninety-five years of age in this vintage. Like all of the Domaine Bouland wines in 2021, this tips the scales at an even...
$44.99
Bouland, Daniel 2021 Morgon Bellevue Sable
The Bouland Morgon "Bellevue Sable" is from average 40 to 50 year-old vines in the lieu dit "Bellevue" in the larger vineyard of Corcelette, located in the northwestern sector of Villié-Morgon. "The 2021version is lovely, wafting from the glass in...
$39.99
Bouland, Daniel 2021 Morgon Corcelette "Cailloux" Vignes Vignes
"The 2021 Morgon Corcelette “Cailloux” Vieilles Vignes from the Bouland family is another superb young wine. The wine is deep and smoky in personality, with the superb aromatic constellation offering up scents of black cherries, sweet cassis, raw cocoa, dark...
$42.99
Foillard, Jean 2024 Morgon Cote du Puy
One of the most iconic wines from Beaujolais, Jean Foillard's Cote du Puy is a benchmark Morgon and always delivers. It's one of the more ageworthy wines from the region, yet never seems too heavy, extracted, or firm. "The 2024 Morgon...
$64.99
Thevenet, Jean-Paul et Charly 2024 Morgon Vieilles Vignes
Another benchmark wine from the region, Thevenet's Morgon comes from 60 to 100+ year-old vines planted in sandy, granitic soils. The 2024 tasted recently was lively and fresh with perfumed red fruit over an an underlying mineral core. A beautiful...
$39.99
Descombes, Georges 2022 Morgon Vieilles Vignes
This is a classic version of the Descombes Morgon VV, showing ripe high-toned black raspberry and tart cherry aromas with plum, violet, citrus, earth and brown spice, really lovely. The elegant black and red fruits continue on the palate, which...
$44.99
Descombes, Georges 2023 Morgon
Georges Descombes is one of the premiere vignerons in Beaujolais. His winemaking is very traditional; using native yeasts, semi-carbonic maceration, and very little sulfur added at bottling. The 2023 Morgon shows a bright, vivid red/black color with earth, violet and...
$33.99
Desvignes, Louis-Claude 2024 Beaujolais L'Aube à Javernières
2020 was the first vintage of "L'Aube à Javernières" and the first Desvignes wine to not be 100% cru Morgon, coming from a parcel of 20 to 30-year-old vines in deep clay soils on the edge of Javernières, just below...
$22.99
Desvignes, Louis-Claude 2024 Morgon Cote du Py
The Desvignes Morgon "Cote de Py" is from 2.2 hectares of parcels on the Côte du Py, which is famous for its roche pourrie or "rotten rock" of manganese-rich, decomposed schist and its structured, long-lived wines. The vines are around...
$41.99
Ducroux 2024 Exspectatia Vin de France
The 2024 "Exspectatia" is the only wine produced, in tiny quantities, by Thibaut and Christian in 2024. Tangy and lifted, with bright wild raspberry notes and refreshing acidity. Given the darker, black cherry leaning fruit profile of 2022 and 2023,...
$24.99
