That most rare of beasts, a white Beaujolais! From 100% Chardonnay, this wine was very approachable with an aromatic nose and no oak, quite strong mineral backbone, geographically close to Macon which it resembles.<\/p>\n
A lovely fruity nose, good colour and so very drinkable, no \u201cNouveau\u201d here! Made very close to the Morgon area, splendid value.<\/p>\n
Unusually shy on the nose although developed in glass, and fairly dark for a Gamay, this spent 10 months in oak and with high-ish acidity but low tannins, not a typical representative of the AOC. Hand-picked and not made with carbonic maceration, again unusual.<\/p>\n
With a definite flowery nose typical of Fleurie, this wine was made with carbonic maceration to retain freshness and presented unfiltered after 14 months in oak. The soil here is very granite-rich. Quite scarce, only 200 cases produced, very much liked on the night.<\/p>\n
A modest but rich nose and dark for a Gamay, again produced by carbonic maceration, a wine with real structure, black cherries and juicy black fruit on the palate \u2013 easy drinking and a very good BBQ wine. Julienas named after one Julius Caesar!<\/p>\n
We don\u2019t get to see many Regnies in the UK, this lovely example had a slightly rustic nose which carried over to the palate, quite rich with excellent mouthfeel and noticeabl but not aggressive tannins. From 80 year-old vines. Superb value.<\/p>\n
Maybe a touch unbalanced, this wine is all oak and strawberries, serious stuff made by the typical carbonic maceration process. I found the oak a bit overpowering and there was really no \u201cmiddle\u201d palate with this wine – a bit of a puzzle.<\/p>\n
A very scarce wine with only three barrels being produced for this vintage, this really was the Real McCoy! Great fruity nose and sweet mid-palate, having spent 18 months on new and old oak, one for ageing but lovely right now. A good representative of this most serious of the Beaujolais Crus. They plough the vineyard with horses!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2022 Arnaud Aucoeur \u201cVieilles Vignes\u201d Blanc Beaujolais Villages (\u00a315.75, Yapp Brothers) That most rare of beasts, a white Beaujolais! From 100% Chardonnay, this wine was very approachable with an aromatic nose and no oak, quite strong mineral backbone, geographically close to Macon which it resembles. 2021 Maison Dominic Piron Beaujolais Villages (\u00a313.99, Waitrose) A lovely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-806","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brockenhurstwineclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brockenhurstwineclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brockenhurstwineclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brockenhurstwineclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brockenhurstwineclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brockenhurstwineclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":832,"href":"https:\/\/brockenhurstwineclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806\/revisions\/832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brockenhurstwineclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}