2023 Domaine de la Grand'Cour Fleurie "Clos de la Grand'Cour", Beaujolais, FranceABOUT THIS WINE This exotic beauty is perhaps the most understated and rustic in Jean Louis' range. Like all the wines made by Jean Louis, this wine finds a striking level of purity and focus after some time in the glass. It is the only wine in the range that spends time in old large foudre in addition to concrete. This elevage slowly softens the piercing aromas into a wine that has a little more rustic and sauvage (but clean!) character than the rest

No herbicides are used

and only minimal additions of SO2

the region experienced a late frost followed by a few downpours

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a diversity of ripeness is achieved by using the traditional method of harvesting the fruit a number of different times during the ripening period

Female winemaker

This signature estate Pinot Noir is a pure expression of the famous dry-farmed Résonance Vineyard

— no enzymes

they are putting greater and greater emphasis on making truly distinct and outstanding wines from their estate holdings

pioneered the renaissance of Freisa

The cuvée La Galoche is named after a small stream that runs by the property and represents the largest production from the domaine

With 30 hectares of vineyards primarily devoted to Sauvignon Blanc