Domaine des Nugues ★ 4.1
Family estate of the Gelin family at Lancié, the only Beaujolais-Villages commune enclosed between the Morgon, Fleurie and Moulin-a-Vent crus.
Family domaine on 8 hectares (6 in Fleurie, 1.5 in Morgon, 1.5 in Beaujolais-Villages), certified organic since 2012. Romain Zordan vinified his first vintage in 2012 under the mentorship of Jean-François Ganevat, producing pure, refreshing Gamay with very little added sulphur via long, cool whole-bunch semi-carbonic maceration.
Address: Le Grand Pré, 69820 Fleurie, France, Beaujolais
Family estate of the Gelin family at Lancié, the only Beaujolais-Villages commune enclosed between the Morgon, Fleurie and Moulin-a-Vent crus.
Sambardier family estate at Denicé in the southern Beaujolais. Dating from 1850 and now covering 34 hectares across multiple appellations (Beaujolais, Beaujolais-Villages, Brouilly, Juliénas, Moulin-a-Vent, Fleurie and Beaujolais Blanc) farmed across 50 plots ranging from 50 to 100 years old.
Julienas estate producing spicy, full-bodied Gamay from the granite and schist soils of this Saone-et-Loire cru. Traditional producer maintaining the cru's reputation for structured reds.
Historic Julienas producer with old-vine Gamay planted on granite-rich slopes. The Clos du Fief cuvee is among the more structured and age-worthy in the appellation.
Fourth-generation family domaine at Chénas managed by Franck Bessone, named for the granitic soils that define this part of the Beaujolais. The 12-hectare estate produces Moulin-a-Vent, Fleurie, Chénas and Saint-Amour with manual harvests and ageing in oak barrels, casks and cement tanks.
Historic Chiroubles estate established in 1868 by Émile Cheysson, with 26 hectares of vineyards on steep granite slopes and a 17th-century cellar originally built by the monks of Cluny Abbey.