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Chiroubles
Brouilly
The vines of Chiroubles start at where
Fleurie and Morgon join up and then
sneak their way upwards towards the
mountain passes. At its best, Chiroubles
is refreshing, invigorating and sappy.
The largest of the crus. The wines are
uncomplicated, fruity and sappy. Its biggest
market by far is Paris, where it is seen
as the perfect bistro red.
† Chiroubles, Domaine de la
Boisselière, 2011
Light, appetising and quaffable
Beaujolais, best drunk slightly cool with
charcuterie or a goat’s cheese salad. 13%
ref BC-BJ5291 £8.50 bottle £102 dozen
Morgon
A large area which produces rich and
structured wines that are especially food
friendly. Like Fleurie, it is home to several
distinguished lieu dits, each with their
own flavours and charms. The best of these
is Côte du Py, where granite is replaced by
schists. The wines here are more complex
and have a minerally character.
† Morgon, Domaine La Chaponne,
2011
Laurent Guillet owns several acres in the
famous Côte du Py and makes a fullflavoured style of Morgon that is apt
for keeping. Now to 2019. 13%
ref BC-BJ5601 £9.95 bottle £119 dozen
Mixed
Cases
2011 Crucial Crus Case
2011 Beaujolais, Straight & Simple
† Côte de Brouilly, Trenel, 2011
Brouilly, Château de Nervers,
2011
Textbook Brouilly, full-flavoured, fruity and
uncomplicated. Made to go with food and
best drunk cool with grilled meat. 12.5%
ref BC-BJ5561 £9.95 bottle £119 dozen
And so finally to one of the stars of
the vintage. Côte de Brouilly is small,
surrounded by the vines of Brouilly,
yet the wines are very different. The
geology is different too, the wines
have more sinew, more complexity
and a deep, purple colour.
Côte de Brouilly, Domaine
Gouillon, 2011
Deeply coloured, ripe, characterful
and with a touch of minerality. This is
a lovely Beaujolais for drinking over
the next year or two. 12.5%
ref BC-BJ5441 £8.25 bottle £99 dozen
Splendidly rich and vibrant. A savoury,
ripe wine with a deep violet colour
and long finish. 13%
ref BC-BJ5681 £9.50 bottle £114 dozen
ref MX125190 at £90
Equivalent to £7.50 per bottle
NEW Côte de Brouilly, Cuvée
des Ambassadeurs, Domaine
Pavillon de Chavanne, 2011
A 12-bottle case containing two bottles each
of the following:
Beaujolais, Domaine de Chanteclair, 2011
Beaujolais-Villages, Vieilles Vignes, Château
d'Emeringes, 2011
The Society's Beaujolais-Villages
Côte de Brouilly, Domaine Gouillon, 2011
Chiroubles, Domaine de la Boisselière, 2011
Moulin-à-Vent, Domaine des Rosiers, Georges
Duboeuf, 2011
This comes from one of the greatest
estates of Beaujolais. Wonderful balance
here, dark and brimming with fruit
and life. Outstanding. Named as such
because this wine was often chosen
by the French government for use
in embassies. 12.5%
ref BC-BJ5511 £9.50 bottle £114 dozen
† Côte de Brouilly, Domaine de
la Voute des Crozes, 2011
Nicole Chanrion makes full-flavoured
Beaujolais from vines planted on the
north part of the Côte de Brouilly. Full
of character and complexity. 12.5%
ref BC-BJ5631 £10.50 bottle £126 dozen
ref MX125191 at £75
A six-bottle case containing one bottle each
of the following
NEW Côte de Brouilly, JeanPaul Brun, 2011
Côte de Brouilly, Domaine de la Voute des Crozes,
2011
Côte de Brouilly, Cuvée des Ambassadeurs, Domaine
Pavillon de Chavanne, 2011
Côte de Brouilly, Jean-Paul Brun, 2011
Côte de Brouilly, Trenel, 2011
Moulin-à-Vent, La Rochelle, Château des Jacques ,
2011
Moulin-à-Vent, Clos des Perelles, Château de
Beauregard, 2011
Exquisite, complex and long. A
wonderful example of Côte de Brouilly
in a great vintage. Now to 2016. 12.5%
ref BC-BJ5471 £11.50 bottle £138 dozen
† Morgon, Côte du Py, Domaine
Jean-Marc Burgaud, 2011
Deeply coloured, minerally, ripe and
exquisitely fine with great length
of flavour. Now to 2020. 13%
ref BC-BJ5621 £12.50 bottle £150 dozen
ref MX125192 at £119
Equivalent to £9.92 per bottle
A 12-bottle case containing one bottle each
of the following:
Brouilly, Château de Nervers, 2011
Juliénas, Esprit de Marius Sangouard, Trenel, 2011
Régnié, Domaine Jean-Marc Burgaud, 2011
Morgon, Domaine La Chaponne, 2011
Fleurie, Clos de la Roilette, 2011
Saint-Amour, Mas des Tines, 2011
Moulin-à-Vent, Château des Jacques, 2011
Côte de Brouilly, Cuvée des Ambassadeurs, Domaine
Pavillon de Chavanne, 2011
Chiroubles, Domaine de la Boisselière, 2011
Chénas, Vieilles Vignes, Château Bonnet, 2011
Fleurie, Poncié, Château de Beauregard, 2011
Morgon, Côte du Py, Domaine Jean-Marc Burgaud,
2011
BEAUJOLAIS 2011
A wonderful vintage: deep crimson colours and rich, vibrant flavours.
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This is the least well known of the
crus and even today much of it is
sold as Beaujolais-Villages. Sandwiched
between Morgon and Brouilly it
sometimes shares characteristics of
both: richer than Brouilly but less
elaborate than Morgon.
This offer is open until Sunday 11th November, 2012 while stocks last.
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Jean-Marc Burgaud owns just a couple
of acres here and makes around 400
cases of enchanting, fruit-driven wine
a year. His 2011 is ripe, soft and sweetly
flavoured. Perfect! 12.5%
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† Régnié, Domaine Jean-Marc
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Beaujolais and The Ten Crus of Beaujolais North to South
Beaujolais-Villages
Value for money
The crus’ tiny variations of soil type, exposition and climate create (at least) ten further
variations on the theme. All shone in 2011.
Straight Beaujolais from the south shows
the gamay grape at its simplest, while the
named villages like Emeringes present a
wine with a little more character and
complexity, often close to cru quality but
invariably better priced.
Saint-Amour
One of the smallest of the crus and on
the border with Burgundy’s Saint-Véran.
The wines are generously flavoured,
sometimes a little rustic, and always
better with a few months in bottle.
NEW Beaujolais, Domaine de
Chanteclair, 2011
NEW Saint-Amour, Mas des
Tines, 2011
Fragrant, round and fruity gamay from
southern Beaujolais. Uncomplicated and
best served slightly cool with charcuterie.
12.5%
ref BC-BJ5381 £6.25 bottle £75 dozen
Lovely, fine sappy fruit from the
northernmost of the Beaujolais crus.
This has a nice balance and it gives great
pleasure, just as Beaujolais should. 13%
ref BC-BJ5481 £9.50 bottle £114 dozen
The Society's Beaujolais-Villages
If there is a hint of Fleurie-like charm
to this delicious 2011 blend, it is because
a third of the wine comes from the village
of Lancié, sandwiched between Fleurie
and Romanèche. Round and rich with
plenty of charm. 12.5%
ref BC-BJ5341 £6.75 bottle £81 dozen
This cru, named after Julius Caesar, is
mostly on steep slopes of granite or
schist and produces a succulent, deeply
satisfying style of Beaujolais. Deeply
coloured and fleshy, Juliénas (the ‘s’ is
silent) are ready to drink early and keep
well for three or four years. Perfect
steak-and-chips red.
† Juliénas, Esprit de Marius
Sangouard, Trenel, 2011
Lovely, supple Beaujolais, full-flavoured
and rich. A perfect foil for steak au
poivre. 13%
ref BC-BJ5391 £9.50 bottle £114 dozen
Lovely full-flavoured Beaujolais, unoaked
with plenty of middle, sappy and
minerally. Great food wine: coq
au vin springs to mind. 13%
ref BC-BJ5551 £9.50 bottle £114 dozen
From a ramshackle Second Empire pile,
Vincent Davis makes a lovely, full-flavoured
Beaujolais. Gutsy, characterful and excels
with food. 12.5%
ref BC-BJ5671 £7.50 bottle £90 dozen
what Beaujolais is all about
2011 is a wonderful vintage in Beaujolais. The wines, not as tannic as
some of the 2009s, but richer and more substantial than the 2010s,
show charm, poise and the opportunity for immediate enjoyment.
They are very special.
dense, multi-layered wines combined the seriousness of a great
vintage with undoubted charm – and Côte de Brouilly. The latter
is a tiny cru that rarely gets the limelight, but which deserves to
in this vintage, having produced wines that are simply magical.
The gamay grape needs heat at critical times, and 2011 went out
of its way to appease it at the right moments. A spring heatwave led
to early flowering and after a wet July the sun returned, resulting
in blazing conditions at harvest. The wines feel ‘sunny’ but also
speak very clearly of where they come from.
A nuanced view
Though the grape, gamay, remains the same, each of the ten
Beaujolais crus and the numerous other villages make wines
with different nuances and characters. 2011 is a fine vintage
for wine drinkers to get to know them, and three mixed cases
provide tempting opportunities to do so.
Fine, distinctive wines were made everywhere, but two crus deserve
particular plaudits, reflected in the greater number of wines we have
bought from them for this offer. They are Moulin-à-Vent – whose
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The grandest of the crus with the
weight and complexity worthy of good
Burgundy or Rhône. The soil is granitic
with seams of manganese and iron, said
to account for the wines’ added colour
and depth. The best have the ability to
gain in complexity over time. Excitingly,
2011 was a great vintage here.
A White Beaujolais to try
The grape is chardonnay and it is
becoming more popular in Beaujolais.
Burgundy’s Mâconnais is not far away,
yet the style is different: white
Beaujolais is lighter with greater
tension and freshness, even in this
warm vintage.
NEW Moulin-à-Vent, Domaine
des Rosiers, Georges Duboeuf,
2011
NEW Beaujolais Blanc,
l'Ancien Les Terres Dorées,
Jean-Paul Brun, 2011
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This estate is owned by one of the many
Charvets in the village of Chénas.
Duboeuf buys the whole production
every year and this is one of his flagship
wines. There are rich autumnal flavours
here, soft tannins and a style that
though full-flavoured is perfectly
ready to drink now. 13%
ref BC-BJ5531 £9.95 bottle £119 dozen
Jean-Paul Brun is a highly respected
grower who has made a reputation
for his whites, in particular from the
southern Beaujolais. This has finesse
and a good deal of charm. 12%
ref BC-BJ5541 £9.95 bottle £119 dozen
Marcel Orford-Williams
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Oak forests gave rise to the name of this
the smallest of the ten crus. Full-flavoured,
even spicy, and capable of ageing well for
about five years. The taste profile is similar
to Moulin-à-Vent, but lighter.
† Chénas, Vieilles Vignes, Château
Bonnet, 2011
† Beaujolais-Villages,
Vieilles Vignes, Château
d'Emeringes, 2011
A vintage that shows
Fleurie
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NEW Moulin-à-Vent, Château
des Jacques, 2011
Fine, creamy Beaujolais from Louis
Jadot. This has depth and Burgundylike finesse and best kept for at
least another six months. 13%
ref BC-BJ5521 £13.50 bottle £162 dozen
† Moulin-à-Vent, Clos des
Perelles, Château de
Beauregard, 2011
This is the top wine from this estate
and from a vineyard that is at the
heart of the cru, close to the windmill.
Complex, full-flavoured, dark and rich.
A complete wine to savour to 2020.
13%
ref BC-BJ5591 £14.50 bottle £174 dozen
NEW Moulin-à-Vent, La
Rochelle, Château des Jacques,
2011
Lying on slightly higher ground,
above the windmill, La Rochelle
includes perhaps the best plots in all
of Moulin-à-Vent. This is full-flavoured
and long and will have good ageing
potential. 2014-2020. 13.5%
ref BC-BJ5501 £20 bottle £240 dozen
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The name suggests a delight to the senses
and the wines usually deliver. Fragrant,
floral and full of charm, Fleurie is for
many quintessential Beaujolais. A large cru
including a number of distinguished lieu
dits, such as Poncié and la Roilette.
The Society's Exhibition Fleurie,
2011
Benchmark Fleurie from a lovely vintage:
ripe, rich, fragrant and velvety. 13%
ref BC-BJ5301 £8.95 bottle £107 dozen
Fleurie, Trenel, 2011
Scented, suitably floral, round and soft:
a good yardstick Fleurie from this
generous vintage. 13%
ref BC-BJ5361 £9.75 bottle £117 dozen
† Fleurie, Clos de la Roilette, 2011
The name goes back to 1910 and a famous
racehorse. The vines occupy one of the best
bits of Fleurie, very close to Moulinà-Vent’s La Rochelle. Traditionally made,
full-flavoured and generous wine. 13%
ref BC-BJ5451 £9.95 bottle £119 dozen
† Fleurie, Poncié, Château de
Beauregard, 2011
Poncié is a well-placed vineyard that points
dead south, overlooking the village. Gamay
ripens well here and produces a rich style
of wine. Beauregard makes one of the best
and 2011 is a real charmer. Now to 2015.
13%
ref BC-BJ5661 £12.50 bottle £150 dozen
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