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This is aromatically similar to the Les Plantes but with a hint of poached plum that lurks in the background. The super-sleek and almost aggressively mineral-driven middleweight flavors don't have the same power but they are finer, all wrapped in a lacy, ...
Rich aromas of dark berries, plums and spices preface the 2022 Fixin 1er Cru Clos du Chapitre, a medium to full-bodied, supple and fleshy palate framed by nicely integrated but youthfully chalky tannins.
Aromas of spices, plums, cherries and sweet red berries introduce the 2022 Marsannay Les Crais, a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and layered wine with good concentration, a seamless profile and a mouthwateringly chalky finish.
The 2023 Morgon Côte du Py comes from several parcels of granite
and schistous soils with many centurion vines. This has a wonderful,
very complex bouquet with exquisite delineation: crushed stone lters
through dark berry fruit alongside hints of ash a...
The 2023 Morgon Cuvée Corcelette comes from well-drained granite
soils and is aged for nine months in used barrel. It has a perfumed
bouquet of incense that blossoms with aeration, as touches of brown
spice infuse the red fruit. The palate is medium-bo...
Every so often, I take a sip of a “humble” regional wine that makes me question everything. With a glass of this in hand, I think to myself, who cares about grand cru Burgundy? Or, why would I ever drink anything else? Or, surely this is the bottle I’d choose to fill my cooler with if I were stranded on a desert island. When I’m able to think rationally again, of course I’d pounce on a bottle of Taupenot-Merme’s grand cru Corton Rognet or the Perret family’s majestic Condrieu I write about in this month’s newsletter. And variety is everything, so I wouldn’t fill my island cooler with just Jean Foillard’s Beaujolais-Villages. But this kind of red makes you suspend reason for a moment and devote yourself to it, at least while the wine’s still in your glass. After all, Beaujolais-Villages has no business being this good, but Jean Foillard is an extraordinary vigneron. A decade or so ago, Jean made Beaujolais Nouveau that he would expedite to us each November to meet the deadline of the worldwide Nouveau celebration. That Nouveau was outstanding and he didn’t need to change anything, but he had an epiphany that only the most ambitious sort of grower has: the grapes he was using were of high enough quality to make a cuvée with more depth and complexity, so he proposed taking his time to produce a Beaujolais-Villages instead of a hurried Nouveau. Blending grapes from high-elevation, granite-heavy terroirs barely outside the region’s crus, and with a patient élevage that’s very close to that of his world-class Morgons, this wine is silky and seductive, with notes of rose petals, red fruit, pomegranate, and stones. With just the right amount of tannin and acidity, and lots of class, it is perfect for all occasions.
