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Domaine Louis Claude Desvignes,
Ready, but will keep,
Another success story for the Desvignes siblings, this is a touch fuller than the 2016, owing to a warmer vintage, but with the same bright red fruit character and fresh acidity. Again, its delicate floral aspect points to the location of the vines, in the climat of Douby, adjacent to Fleurie. It’s a versatile food wine, which will enhance – and be enhanced by – any number of styles of cuisine, but I’m plumping for Lincolnshire sausages, fiery mustard and mash.
Will Heslop, Burgundy Buying Assistant (summer 2018)
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Jean-Marc Burgaud,
Ready, but will improve,
Jean-Marc’s vines at the top of the Côte du Py suffered from hail on May 19th, so his mid-slope south-facing vines – which, he says, are most expressive of the slope’s famous blue granite – had more of a say than usual in the final blend. While this has a hugely attractive bouquet of berry fruit and flowers, it’s the intense mineral character of the palate that makes a real impression. Expect mouth-watering acidity and firm, fine-grained tannins that soften with time in the glass or decanter. There’s plenty of ripe fruit too, courtesy of a relatively warm growing season. A brilliant wine from one of the finest terroirs in Beaujolais, not to mention one of the finest winemakers.
Will Heslop – Burgundy Buying Assistant
Will Heslop – Burgundy Buying Assistant
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Domaine Louis Claude Desvignes,
Ready, but will improve,
Javernières hails from the eponymous lieu-dit, at the foot of the Côte du Py in Morgon. Here, schist gives way to soils of deep clay, resulting in rich, concentrated wines, which pinote (become Pinot-like) as they age. Eighth-generation vigneron Louis-Benoît Desvignes attributes this cuvée’s depth of colour to its long, slow vinification – with no punching down, but a grill to keep the macerating fruit submerged – in open concrete vats. The 2017 is a showstopper, with heady aromas of flowers and savoury spice, and exceptional density on the palate. Only after another year or two, as its massive tannins begin to loosen up, will it reveal the extent of its complexity – fortunately, for the time being, we have a case or two of the ’14 remaining.
Will Heslop, Burgundy Buying Assistant (summer 2018)
Will Heslop, Burgundy Buying Assistant (summer 2018)
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Domaine Louis Claude Desvignes,
For laying down,
This extraordinary cuvée is made from the domaine’s oldest vines, some planted in 1914, in the heavy clay and iron-oxide soils of the lieu-dit Javernières, at the foot of the Côte du Py. Yields here are never greater than 25hl/ha, resulting in a wine of exceptional concentration. True to form, the 2017 is dense and powerful, yet somehow light on its feet, with a freshness that escaped many 2017s (a relatively warm, dry vintage).
The black sheep on the label is an homage to Louis Claude Desvignes, father of Louis-Benoît and Claude-Emmanuelle, who was a vocal opponent of the industrial methods – notably thermovinification – prevalent in Beaujolais in the 1980s. Accordingly, this cuvée is made in the traditional méthode beaujolaise: semi-carbonic maceration, prior to 16 months’ maturation in large concrete vats. Drink 2019-2030.
Will Heslop, Burgundy Buying Assistant (summer 2018)
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Chateau Grange Cochard,
Ready, but will keep,
The top cuvee from the Wildings of Grange Cochard is their Cote du Py, from the famous blue granite hill which makes the firmest and most powerful Morgon wines. This has been aged in barrel but the wood does not show, such is the power of the fruit. It is deep, dense, dark and powerful and will be perfect from 2011-2016.
Jasper Morris MW, Fine Wine Buyer
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