Domaine Chamonard, Fleurie, 2023 SO033126 Vincey persistent

persistent

The result is cru Gamay with a Burgundian accent: elegant

replacing their old Bourgogne Rouge - and it punches well above its billing

terraced vineyards and iconic

The palate is full-bodied yet supremely elegant

Domaine Chamonard, Fleurie, 2023 SO033126 Vincey persistentThe Fleurie comes from La Madone, the steep granite hill crowned by the chapel that gives the cru its skyline hard ground to work and some of the best in the appellation. Joseph Chamonard was fermenting whole clusters with wild yeast and aging in old foudre while the rest of Beaujolais was chaptalizing and sulfuring with abandon, a natural wine pioneer before the term existed; after his death the domaine passed to his daughter Genevieve and her