Chénas Tradition "En Mélardière"

This is a wonderful balance of red fruits and mineral (you can imagine you're licking that pink granite) balanced with freshness and acidity, remarkable considering the heat of 2018

The 2010 in 2021

"I think it is now past its peak but still very very nice, lively balance, spicy mineral nose with an almost balsamic start, fresh and spicy on the palate (but the fruit is fading compared to last time). Would be great slightly chilled with anything involving tomatoes - we had it with a mexican feast."

The 2010 in 2018: The description given by Oz four years ago is still applicable and the wine has now even more depth and the fruitiness is even richer with some lovely spiciness coming through. This is a great Chénas and one to treasure. A rich and joyous Beaujolais that puts a smile on your face.

Selected by Oz Clarke for his Favorite Wines 2013.  "Chénas is traditionally the toughest of the top Beaujolais wines, the one you need to age, often more in hope than certainty that the wine will soften. It's the leanest, least Beaujolais-like of Beaujolais. Well, these guys clearly forgot to make this tough and unfriendly because it's a delight, amazingly rich and juicy for a Chénas, with deep, ripe, red plum fruit jousting with strawberries and pepper and rock dust, uncertain as to which will offer the mineral tang so they all do."