Beaujolais

The Joseph Drouhin Morgon offers a deep colour in the glass and opens with aromas of black fruits such as blackberry and dark cherry, eveolving into liquorice and spice. The palate follows suit with real richness and density resulting in a wine that will age for five or six years plus from the vintage.

Les Griottes is a perfect example of what makes good Beaujolais so popular. It's made from the youngest vines on the estate so it's all about fresh fruit flavours and juicy acidity. It is called Les Griottes because the bottom of the vineyard is lined with cherry, wild cherry and morello cherry (griotte) trees. 

It's a fruit driven Beaujolais with spicy intense cherry flavours, just like its name suggests.

This wine represents great value for money as it shows what good Beaujolais is about. 

Drink lightly chilled.

Long regarded as the top domaine in the Côte de Brouilly, Château Thivin is also the oldest estate on Mont Brouilly, built on an ancient volcano back in the 15th century. Run by the third generation of the Geoffray family, who have been farming the estate since 1977, Château Thivin is the benchmark of the Cote de Brouilly appellation in Beaujolais.

Traditional style Beaujolais but made with a light hand, this is brim full of juicy, aromatic ripe dark juicy berry fruit with touches of rock salt. Fruity but crispy and racy, this is mouth-watering Cru Beaujolais at its best. Laurent Martray has a small holding of well situated vines, planted next to Chateau Thivin vines, on prime south/ south east facing slopes. Made from half whole bunch and half-destalked fruit, macerated and then aged in used oak foudres for a year.

Medium bodied and brimming with bright red berry notes, this is a forward and easy drinking wine that retains plenty of character and complexity.

The Gamay vines from which the fruit is sourced have an average age of 60 years and grow on limestone with a south easterly aspect. Ageing is in large foudre to minimise oak influence and let the fruit shine.

93+pts Wine Advocate? 2019 vintage

The 2019 C?te de Brouilly Les Feuill?es is especially compelling, unfurling in the glass with aromas of cherries, wild berries, warm spices, peonies, licorice and orange rind. Medium to full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it?s velvety and concentrated, with lively acids and a long, resonant finish. This is well worth seeking out.

Cedric Chignard's Fleurie is a beautiful fleshy, soft and velvet smooth expression of the Gamay grape, made from 70+ year old vines planted on the steep south facing slopes of the Les Moriers vineyard. All vines here are planted en gobelet, a traditional untrellised style, which sees the vines benefit from the reflected heat from the granite soils. This vineyard site borders the neighbouring Moulin-?-Vent, another of the 10 cru Beaujolais appellations. 

Flavours span the gamut of plump, juicy red berries and floral aromas with notes of spicy adding complexity. 

Fleurie is renowned for being a floral and smooth expression and is one of the friendliest, most approachable styles of Beaujolais.

Please note the label on the 375ml bottle does not show  'Le Sept Vignes'  but this is the wine.

Chateau Thivin is the oldest estate on Mont Brouilly, which has remained in family hands for several generations. Grown on steep slopes, harvested manually and vinified using low intervention techniques so as to maximise terroir expression. 

The Brouilly appellation is capable of producing excellent and complex wines, quite unlike the maligned Beaujolais Nouveau. Brouilly produces fruit forward, medium bodied wines, typically from the Gamay grape. 

Le Sept Vignes is a blend of the seven plots of Chateau Thivin, in an effort to represent the region's terroir. This is a delicious, medium bodied red, with slight tannins and a persistent, juicy red-fruit character. Complex yet easy-drinking in it's youth. This wine will grow in elegance given a few years age. 

""A joint venture between Dominique Piron and 3 star Michelin Restaurant Lameloise, this always rates highly. "A sexy, highly perfumed bouquet evokes fresh red and dark berries, potpourri and smoky minerals, and a subtle hint of game emerges slowly. Juicy, impressively concentrated black raspberry, bitter cherry and violet pastille flavors tighten up and become spicier on the back half. " 92/100 Jancis Robinson