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90 points Wine Enthusiast
This rich, juicy wine full of black fruits and ripe tannins is set for long-term aging. The wine's density and acidity enhance its potential. Drink from 2025

Château de la Chaize is one of the oldest, most historic estates in Burgundy's Beaujolais region. Boasting over 250 acres of land, it is also one of the largest. This stunning property – designated an Historic Monument in 1972 – was designed by Mansard, with gardens by Lenotre, designers of the Palace of Versailles, just outside of Paris.

Aromas of black cherry, pomegranate and blackberry - very complex - with hints of blood orange, licorice and spice. The palate is dense and deep showing the Moulin-a-Vent side of Fleurie, with juicy black fruits backed with firm acidity and mineral flavors. The finish is long with sappy fruit liqueur and earthy acidity.

96 points John Gilman View From The Cellar
The 2022 vintage of Daniel Bouland’s Morgon (Delys 1926) is a brilliant young Cru Beaujolais. The wine comes in at an even fourteen percent in this vintage and offers up truly stunning depth of fruit on both the nose and palate, as these ancient vines have dug deep into the subterranean water sources to keep maturity progressing flawlessly in this dry growing season. The wine wafts from the glass in a complex and sappy blend of sweet dark berries, black cherries, pomegranate, grilled pigeon, dark soil tones, espresso woodsmoke and a topnote of violets. On the palate the wine is pure, sappy and full-bodied, with a bottomless core of old vine fruit, fine-grained, buried tannins, great focus and grip and a long, seamlessly balanced and very complex finish. This is one of the greatest young bottles of Morgon I have ever had the pleasure to taste and it would be insane not to allow it at least some time in the cellar to unlock its secondary and tertiary layers of complexity.

94+ points John Gilman View From The Cellar
Daniel Bouland’s 2022 Pré Jourdan is a beautiful bottle of young Morgon. The deeper soils here show in the great depth of sappy fruit the wine exudes on both the nose and palate, with the wine coming at 13.5 percent octane in this vintage and offering up a simply beautiful aromatic constellation of black cherries, red plums, sweet cranberries, a touch of chocolate, pigeon, dark soil tones, woodsmoke, gently savory elements and a topnote of rose petals. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and shows off stunning depth at the core, with a beautiful base of complex soil tones, ripe, buried tannins, fine focus and length and a perfectly balanced, nascently complex finish. This wine is so well balanced out of the blocks that it is already approachable, despite a fine chassis of tannin, but it is still a fairly primary wine and it would be borderline criminal to not give it at least five or six years in the cellar and allow its additional layers of complexity to completely emerge.

90 points Wine Advocate
Primary aromas of candied raspberries, cherries, lilacs, peonies and sweet spices introduce the 2022 Chiroubles Aux Craz, a medium-bodied wine, revealing further notes of eucalyptus, candied peel and slate on the palate. While the initial attack is more daring, the wine gracefully tapers off on the back palate, guided by an influence of fine-grained tannins. This is a suave wine that leaves you wanting more.

Some very stony and flinty aromas with graphite. Red and dark plums, too. Smells fresh and very complex already. The palate has great density and a fine, compressed tannin texture, as well as a very focused finish. Spiced black cherries and blackberries, cassis and dark chocolate to close. Short carbonic maceration and juice is racked off during the carbonic process. A captivatingly powerful but focused Morgon.

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A blend of two clones of Gamay, Gamy Saint Romain and Gamay de Bouze, from 75 year old vines in Cote Roannaise. This is an earthy/savory style of Gamay with a classic dry finish making this very food friendly. Carbonic maceration in stainless steel. 12.5% abv

Organic / Natural

Winemaker Notes:
"This crisp, fruit-forward and juicy wine has expressive aromas and flavors of ripe red berries, with nice heft in the mouth, and mineral and spice notes. Most red meats and grilled or roasted white meats, especially those prepared with savory herbs or spices."

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