2022 Chiroubles, Domaine de Vernus, Beaujolais

2022 Chiroubles, Domaine de Vernus, Beaujolais

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2022 Chiroubles, Domaine de Vernus, Beaujolais

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The Chiroubles appellation is the highest in the Beaujolais, located at 425m above sea level making it one of the last vineyard to be picked during harvest. It also contains the highest level of granite soils. Lovely bright black fruit on the nose with prune dominating, a slight reductive aspect to it at the moment. Great intensity on the palate coupled with high acidity, well balanced and a good tension.

Yoan Bernard, Fine Wine Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

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Critics reviews

Neal Martin, Vinous86/100

The 2022 Chiroubles feels a bit conservative on the nose, lacking the flair of this producer's Moulin-à-Vent. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly staid tannins, quite stoic for a Beaujolais. It pulls up a bit short on the finish.

Drink 2024 - 2028

Neal Martin, Vinous.com (March 2024)

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James Suckling93/100

This youthful wine from a high-altitude location needs some aeration to open. Cool, red currant nose, even some herbal freshness, which is rare for the 2022 vintage. Wild strawberry and floral notes develop. Quite sleek on the medium-bodied palate, but with a solid base of powdery tannins and just a hint of oak at the positively firm licorice finish. Sustainable.

Drink or hold

Stuart Pigott, JamesSuckling.com (May 2024)

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About this WINE

Domaine de Vernus

Domaine de Vernus

The Domaine de Vernus is a new estate created in 2019, and owned by Frédéric Jametton, an ex-insurance broker. The estate is in the heart of the vineyards of the Régnié-Durette municipality. The property is steeped in history and is located on the heights near the Cadole and Vergers plots. It has a panoramic view of Mont Brouilly and the hilly Beaujolais countryside.

Domaine de Vernus is run by famous consultant winemaker, Guillaume Rouget, son of Emmanuel Rouget. Producing red, mostly Crus, from their 12 hectares of vines and a sustainable approach to viticulture.

The philosophy of Domaine de Vernus is right out of the Burgundian playbook: Seek out small plots of old goblet vines within the finest Crus, eschew chemicals, restore soil health, and harvest at lower yields. In the winery, they destem depending on the character of the vintage, ferment in stainless steel, and then mature the wines in Burgundian oak barrels.

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Chiroubles

Chiroubles

Chriroubles is a small, hilly appellation to the west of Fleurie  and is Beaujolais at its most attractive, both in terms of the fruity, fragrant wines and the picturesque village from which it takes its name. It is the loftiest, geographically-speaking anyway, of the Crus, with the vineyards high up above the Beaujolais plain. It is probably the lightest and most refreshing too, with silky fruit and great charm.

Chiroubles is best drunk young, in the first 2-3 years of its life although the very finest examples can age well. One of the least known of the 10 Crus, this really is archetypal Beaujolais in the best sense of the word.

 

 

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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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When is a wine ready to drink?

We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.

Not ready

These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.

Ready - youthful

These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.

Ready - at best

These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.

Ready - mature

These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.