If you have been a customer a while, you know the Lacondemine family of Beaujeu.
Vincent Lacondémine was a firm favourite until his retirement in 2017, his nephew Jérome took over - bring his father and his uncles vineyards back together.
Philippe Lacondemine was Jérome's father, and Vincent's brother, and he tended to vineyards all his life. He died abruptly in spring 2019.
This wine is made in his memory from his vineyards, vinified separately from all the other Villages vineyards, with more effort and care in memory.
It is released at the same time as the Nouveau, but is technically a Villages that is sold as a Nouveau... Regardless of word splitting what it is is DELICIOUS.
Jérome works his Nouveau without added sulphites but this was bottled under vaccuum meaning no suphites added even at bottling. Because of that, it can oxidise faster than "normal" wines after opening so you have to drink it in one sitting or chill it... I don't think this will be a problem ;)
Wine Details
Style
Red, Still, Dry, Single Variety
Winemaker
Jérome Lacondemine
Country
France
Region
Beaujolais
Features
Unoaked, Low Intervention, "Natural", Old Vines, Vegan (certified), Vegetarian and Vegan
This is silky smooth, rich, with lovely grippy tannins. Smells of flowers and blackberries, tastes of every black fruit, very long and moreish. Instant crowd pleaser.
Vintage 2019
Retasted in October 2021 - This is still silky smooth, still lots of peony, and berries - there's a bit of tuttifrutti / bubblegum that I didn't notice at all in past years, but with the tannins easing up a bit you can notice them.
Retasted in November 2020 and it's stunning - bigger, bolder, more fruit, still grippy, still long, extremely moreish, dense coffee notes in the finish that even Robb (who doesn't like coffee) found gorgeous. A very WOW Gamay.
November 2019 - This is silky smooth, rich, with lovely grippy tannins. Smells of flowers and blackberries, tastes of every black fruit, very long and moreish. Instant crowd pleaser. Being without any sulfites you have to drink it in one sitting ;)
Vintages
2019
Product Code
33JL0519
Size
75cl
Alcohol
12.5
Last Tasted
15 Oct 2021
mature evolution?
No
Keep Until
2023
Also Available at
Online Exclusive
Case Size
6
Sweetness
dry
Closure
Natural Cork
Allergens
No Added Sulphites (may contain naturally occurring Sulphites)
Composition
100% Gamay
No longer available
Vintage
Product Code
Alcohol
keeps at least until
2020
33JL0520
12.5
2023
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Jérome makes his wines with no added sulphur in the vineyard or cellar, but they are bottled traditionally. This wine is bottled under vaccuum so that it can be bottled with no added sulphur at all.
This means
there's a bit of pressure on opening that can cause a tiny amount of splatter and
it will oxidise in 4 or 5 hours at room temperature once air gets in.
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