2020 Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Fleurie

Winemaker Notes:  L'Ancien comes from Jean Paul's oldest vines--hence the name of the wine--in his home village of Charnay in the southern Beaujolais. They range in age from 40 to 60 years old and are planted on slopes sporting the area's signature sandy clay-limestone soils, featuring the particular local "dorée" or "golden" limestone that is laden with iron. These older vines have always been farmed organically and harvested by hand and yield small, thick-skinned Gamay berries. As for all Terres Dorées reds, the vinification is traditional Burgundian. The grapes are rigorously sorted and destemmed, crushed and fermented with indigenous yeasts in concrete vats.

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James Suckling - "The raspberry fruit leaps out of this joyful Fleurie, which is elegant, juicy, crisp and dry. Very bright wet-stone finish that pulls you back for more. Very good aging potential. Drink or hold"