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Jean Foillard Morgon Cote du Py 2019
$90.00Out of Stock
An intensely mineral expression of Beaujolais that makes a good argument for this region, matching the (well known) terroir expression of Burgundy. As pure and focused as it is concentrated with a very long finish that’s all wet stones. Great aging potential! Drink or hold. 95 Points – James Suckling
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Desvignes Morgon Cote du Py Javernieres 2020
$50.00As always, a deep colour and expressive nose. Exotic notes of sweet red fruits, cassis, clove, petrichor and apricot. Powerful and rich, with luxuriant weight, buoyant acidy and fleshy, fresh pulped fruit. Very powerful in all departments and mesmerising in it’s sensuality. One of the best. Waters Wine Co Deep, bright, youthful purple/red colour. The […]
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Desvignes Morgon Montpelain 2020
$45.00Deep and bright red/purple colour, with an intense and distinctive Beaujolais nose, plum and stemmy herbal notes from whole-bunch ferment. An obvious carbonic maceration nose. It’s soft and fleshy in the mouth, light to medium-bodied and supple, with silken mouth-feel and lovely harmony. 92 Points – Huon Hooke, The Real Review Click here for our […]
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Desvignes Morgon La Voute Saint-Vincent 2020
$38.00La Voute Saint-Vincent is the entry-level wine of Domaine Louis-Claude Desvignes, a superb producer located in Villié-Morgon and managed by Claude-Emmanuelle Desvignes and his brother Louis-Benoît since 2002. The vineyard is 13 hectacres with vines around 60 years old both in Douby and the Côte de Py. Each plot is vinified separately so that they […]
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Pierre-Marie Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes 2020
$32.00Chermette’s entry-level Beaujolais is drawn from 20- to 40-year-old vines grown on dark granite soils around the homestead in Saint-Vérand (in southern Beaujolais). The winemaking here has remained unchanged for decades, with traditional whole-bunch, semi-carbonic fermentation in concrete tanks and then maturation in both tank and ancient oak casks still the order of the day. […]
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Guy Breton Fleurie 2019
$75.00Another of Kermit Lynch’s Beaujolais Gang of Four, Breton farms 4 hectares organically with around 80% in the Morgon appellation. Carbonic maceration at low temperatures, followed by natural fermentation and ageing in old Burgundian Barrels. Bottled unfined and unfiltered of course. Click here for our full Beaujolais range
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Ravensworth Charlie-Foxtrot Gamay 2021
$38.00A vibrant wine, full of red fruits, spice and an underlying sense of purpose all wrapped in a super juicy palate. After harvest, whole clusters were held in tank under carbonic conditions (flooded with CO2). The juice was collected each day, pumped over and then drained off. After 10 days, the fermentation progressed with more […]
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Jean Foillard Morgon Cuvee Corcelette 2019
$90.00Deep and earthy, but also with great cherry and violet aromas that pull you into orbit around this elegant beauty. Long, racy and mineral finish with just a hint of funk (from reduction). Excellent aging potential. Drink or hold. 93 Points – James Suckling Corcelette’s soils are of sandy pink granite. Facing south-east with a […]
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Rippon Gamay 2020
$70.00Easily our favourite Gamay of 2021, taking deliciousness to a whole new level. Vibrant and so alive with dark pastille fruits, lavender, violet, chocolate, Morello cherry and fruitcake spice. Round and voluminous with a chalky/powdery mouthfeel and a mash of raspberry, blackberry, blueberry to bring it all home. Quite unbelievable and utterly captivating. Waters Wine […]
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Georges Descombes Brouilly 2018
$45.00This Brouilly comes from 3.5 hectares on steep slopes, farmed organically. Carbonic maceration with whole clusters then a slow vertical press to finish the fermentation. No additives, a small addition of SO2 before bottling. The 2018 shows beautifully ripe but high-toned red fruits, with lovely aromas of strawberry, blackberry and violet with herbal and citrus […]
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Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2019
$50.00Offering up aromas of red plums, berries, raw cocoa and spices, the 2019 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée Melanie is medium to full-bodied, supple and velvety, with a fleshy core of fruit, melting tannins and lively acids. Bright and charming, it’s produced from a south-facing site near Château Thivin. 92 points, William Kelley, The Wine Advocate […]
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Georges Descombes Chiroubles Vieilles Vignes 2018
$65.00Tucked away up in the hills between Morgon and Fleurie, Chiroubles has often been described as “the most Beaujolais of the ten crus of Beaujolais.” In other words, it’s everything that makes wines from this region so loveable – low alcohol, explosive flowery aromas, high-toned juicy fruit. The nose here is bright and crystal clear, […]
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Julien Sunier Morgon 2018
$70.00Deep, vivid ruby. A highly complex bouquet evokes fresh, mineral-tinged dark berries and cherry liqueur, along with suggestions of succulent flowers and baking spices. Silky and focused in the mouth, offering alluringly sweet black raspberry, cherry-cola, spicecake and rose pastille flavors that are underscored by a vein of smoky minerality. Gentle tannins sneak up slowly […]
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Thivin Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Zaccharie 2018
$90.00Cuvée Zacharie is Thivin’s grand vin and one of the most beautiful wines in all the region. It is made from very old and densely planted vines (10,000 vines per hectare). During maturation, the wine spends a tenth of its maturation time in new oak barrels and the rest of the time in 1 to […]
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Jean Foillard Morgon Cuvee Elles 2018
$75.00Ethereal and pretty, with dried flowers, cherry, raspberry, clove, aniseed and petrichor. Gourmand palate, with pitch perfect weight, soft lacy tannins and gentle acidity. Gorgeous wine, very sensual and easy. Waters Wine Co This is a very unique wine; made by Jean’s wife Agnes and her friend Nadine, there was not much of it to […]
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Pierre-Marie Chermette Saint-Amour Les Champs-Grilles 2019
$60.00The newest star in the Chermette firmament, Pierre-Marie’s Saint-Amour is drawn from a tiny parcel of 50-year-old vines from the Champs-Grillés climat (which itself covers just a total of three hectares). The parcel was offered to Chermette by an old friend who could no longer manage the steep aspect on the Bessay Mountain. Saint-Amour’s soils […]
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Desvignes Beaujolais Rouge 2020
$35.00The Louis-Claude Desvignes estate is one of the essential references if you are looking for authentic Beaujolais. This is a new cuvée of the estate, made with fruit from vineyards located on the outskirts of Javernières. Very nice crunchy fruit, with all the fullness of the 2020 vintage on display. Click here for our full […]
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Ganevat Mon Rouge 2019
$100.00Gamay from Chiroubles – semi-carbonic macération at 12/14° and then aged in seasoned Burgundy barrels for two years. No additions. Click here for our full Jura range
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Pierre-Marie Chermette Moulin a Vent Les Trois Roches 2019
$60.00Exhibiting aromas of raspberries, wild berries and orange rind, the 2019 Moulin-à-Vent Les Trois Roches is medium to full-bodied, velvety and perfumed, with a delicate core of fruit, lively acids and melting tannins. This is an especially elegant, harmonious rendition of Les Trois Roches, and I can’t wait to see how it develops. 93 points, William […]
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Georges Descombes Fleurie Vieilles Vignes 2018
$70.00Beaujolais in late January makes for an eerie landscape. The grey, cloudy skies are set against hectares of dead earth dotted with lines of stunted, gnarly vines, pruned down for the dormant stages of winter. In the morning, fog rolls over and down the hillsides and the wet clay sticks to your shoes. It’s a […]
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Domaine Chignard Juliénas Beauvernay 2019
$48.00This superb wine comes from 1 hectare of vines inherited from Cedric Chignard’s uncle. The vineyard faces directly south giving it excellent exposure to the ripening sun. The blue ‘diorite’ soil here is different to the pink granite of Fleurie. Chignard’s Juliénas Beauvernay 2019 is very pretty – a gorgeous cherry colour leads into charming […]
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Pierre-Marie Chermette Saint-Amour Les Champs-Grilles 2019
$60.00Bursting with aromas of strawberries, orange rind and rose petals, the 2019 Saint-Amour Les Champs-Grillés is medium-bodied, bright and lively, with fine-boned structuring tannins and a crunchy core of fruit. This is a pretty, immensely drinkable Saint-Amour from Chermette. 92 points, William Kelley, The Wine Advocate The newest star in the Chermette sky, Pierre-Marie’s Saint-Amour is […]
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Georges Descombes Saint Amour Vieilles Vignes 2018
$70.00It is very hard indeed to find great Saint Amour, the tenth cru of Beaujolais and it’s most Northerly. It’s name connects it to Saint Valentines Day and it is allowed to release 6 weeks early compared with the other crus to be ready for the day! The big negociants grab all they can and […]
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Desvignes Morgon Chateau Gaillard 2020
$45.00For those who love flavour, this is the Beaujolais for you. In fact, Desvignes always turns up the dial a little bit more, but there is no sacrifice in freshness or balance. Dark fruits of blackcurrant, blackberry and mulberry with a dusting of dried flowers. Opulent, luscious and silky with a perfectly integrated tannins and ripe […]
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Daniel Bouland Morgon Bellevue Cailloux 2019 (1.5L)
$105.00Bouland’s Morgon Bellevue Cailloux 2019 is made exactly the same way as all of the Bouland wines: natural, whole-bunch ferment, concrete tank/foudre élevage and no fining. This is fascinating to compare directly with the Sable (sand) cuvée. Here, there’s more plum and blackcurrant depths, and also a smoky, hot-rocks kind of mineral profile. Long and strong, […]
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Daniel Bouland Morgon Corcelette 2019 (1.5L)
$105.00Now we enter the realm of Bouland’s spectacular, terroir-specific Morgons. This particular wine is the first of two cuvées that focus on Corcelette’s sandy, granitic soils. This soil generates wines of great perfume and finer, rounder tannins than those of Morgon’s more schist-influenced terroirs. Like all Bouland’s wines this was whole-bunch fermented with indigenous yeasts […]
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