2011 Fleurie, Julien Sunier, Beaujolais

2011 Fleurie, Julien Sunier, Beaujolais

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Julien Sunier is an adventurous young man who installed himself in the Beaujolais in 2008. His wines offer a superb expression of purity, organically grown and with minimal sulphur used at the bottling. This Fleurie comes from an amphitheatre of mature vines, 45 to 65 years old, situated at the very top of the appellation, around 470m, in a lieu-dit nicknamed Niagara. The 2011 has a beautiful pure light bright pink to purple colour. The bouquet shows lovely peppery notes along with the roses; medium bodied, enormously elegant, silky and very persistent. Perfect balance of fruit and acidity.
Jasper Morris MW - Wine Buyer

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Jancis Robinson MW17/20
Luminous pale ruby. Broad, complete, spicy and very mouth-filling fruit with some delicacy. This seems to have it all. Delicacy and real life but lovely fruit and no excess sweetness but not uncompromisingly dry. There is something burgundian about this, and it could be difficult to find this much pleasure from a burgundy at this price. Such purity and vibrancy.

I gave this lovely wine 17 out of 20 and suggested drinking it between 2013 and 2017 but in the light of last week's tasting of Beaujolais back to 1970, I think you should buy this wine in quantity and keep some of the bottles for quite a bit longer than that.
Jancis Robinson MW - jancisrobinson.com - May 2014
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Jamie Goode
Julien Sunier is a big name in Beaujolaisand this wine has a firm but silky structure and spicy mineral complexity.
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Fiona Beckett
If you want to see what beaujolais is capable of, try the sublime Julien Sunier Fleurie 2011 , a wine in which you can almost smell warm earth and wild flowers. Expensive, yes, but a burgundy of that quality would cost at least £10 more.
Fiona Beckett, The Guardian 26 April 2014
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About this WINE

Domaine Julien Sunier

Domaine Julien Sunier

Born in Dijon to a non-winemaking family, Julien Sunier decided in his teens to pursue a career in wine. His interest was fostered by Christophe Roumier, a friend of his parents. After studying oenology and viticulture at university, Julien did work experience with Roumier and with Jasper Morris MW (the leading Burgundy specialist), in Jasper’s days running Morris & Verdin.

Julien settled in Beaujolais to work for the large Boisset group, but always intended to establish his own domaine. In 2007 his purchased two hectares in Fleurie, which he farmed organically from the outset. Today his domaine extends to a little over five hectares – a small but perfectly formed property, with holdings in Fleurie, Régnié and Morgon. As well as wines from the crus, he makes a fabulous Beaujolais-Villages – Wild Soul – from bought-in grapes, grown in Lantignié.

Julien’s approach in the winery is hands-off: he uses only natural yeast, minimal SO2 and rarely filters his wines, which are characterised by scintillating floral aromatics, great freshness, and a sense of place and energy. He is now well-established as one of the region’s star producers, part of a wave of talented, ambitious young winemakers (many of those dedicated to organic viticulture) who are today redefining how Beaujolais is perceived.

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Fleurie

Fleurie

Evocatively-named, Fleurie epitomises all that is good about the region with its perfumed, silky, moreish style. Its 800ha of vineyards produce some of the finest, popular and most expensive wines in the region. As its name suggests, this quintessential Beaujolais is fresh, floral, fragrant and feminine.

Despite initial impressions to the contrary, its silky fruit has suprising depth and concentration that allows the wine to age as well as any in the region. At the same time it is wonderfully approachable almost immediately, which may also explain its popularity. Its more powerful examples, like Michel Chignard's ‘Les Moriers’ come from close to the border with northerly neighbour Moulin-à-Vent.

Recommended Producers: André Colonge, Michel Chignard, Bernard Métrat .

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Gamay

Gamay

A French variety planted predominately in Beaujolais where it is the grape behind everything from light and often acidic Beaujolais Nouveau through to the more serious and well-structured wines from the 10 cru villages. It takes its name from a hamlet just outside Chassagne-Montrachet and was at one stage widely planted on the Côte d`Or. However it was gradually phased out due to its poor yield and supposed poor quality of its wines.

The majority of Gamay wines in Beaujolais are labelled as Beaujolais or Beaujolais-Villages and are deliciously juicy, easy drinking, gulpable wines. Of more interest are the Cru wines from the 10 villages in the north of the region where the soil is predominantly granitic schist and where the vines are planted on gently undulating slopes. These can be well-structured, intensely perfumed wines, redolent of ripe black fruits and, while delicious young, will reward medium term cellaring.

Gamay is also grown in the Touraine region of the Loire where it produces soft, well-balanced, gluggable wines for drinking young.

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