Cuvées

Brouilly Cuvée Alma Mater

4.6

Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic

Domaine Jean-Claude LapaluBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Lapalu's cellar-selection Brouilly: deeper and more structured than the Vieilles Vignes, with darker fruit, herbal complexity and a savoury, mineral finish.

Brouilly L'Espigon

4.3

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Elegant

Château de la ChaizeBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Post-2017 renovation cuvée from the L'Espigon parcel: richer and more oak-influenced than the classique, with full body and concentrated dark-fruit structure.

Chiroubles Cuvée Prestige

4.4

Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Domaine Émile CheyssonBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Cheysson's parcel-selection Cuvée Prestige from older vines at Chiroubles' coolest high-altitude sites: deeper fruit concentration, firmer structure and genuine ageing potential.

Chiroubles La Pas de la Mule

4.6

Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Domaine Émile CheyssonBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Named for the old mule path across the Chiroubles hillside, this single-parcel cuvée is Cheysson's most mineral and age-worthy wine: granite-driven, long-finishing Gamay at its most serious.

Côte de Brouilly Cuvée Mélanie

4.4

Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Domaine Pierre CottonBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Pierre Cotton's parcel-selection Côte de Brouilly: volcanic-stone mineral tension with blue-fruit concentration and structured, long finish.

Côte de Brouilly Cuvée Zaccharie

4.6

Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Château ThivinBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Volcanic Gamay from the granite and blue syenite of Mont Brouilly: deep blue-fruit core, stony minerality, firm tannin and long finish.

Côte de Brouilly La Chapelle

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Château ThivinBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Named for the chapel atop Mont Brouilly, this single-parcel Gamay shows the deepest volcanic expression of the Côte: dark fruit, tar and rocky mineral structure.

Fleurie La Madone

4.9

Dry · Elegant · Contemplative

Domaine Yvon MetrasBeaujolais€€€€€€€€Still Red

Fleurie La Madone

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic

Maison Georges DuboeufBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Duboeuf's Fleurie La Madone is sourced from the eponymous chapel-topped hillside: floral, silky and fruit-forward, the négociant's most recognisable expression of the appellation's perfumed character.

Fleurie Les Moriers

4.6

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Rustic

Domaine ChignardBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Historic Fleurie single-vineyard from Les Moriers, one of Chignard's flagship parcels on pink granite. Perfumed, floral and classically structured.

Fleurie Poncié

4.5

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic

Domaine du Vissoux (Pierre-Marie Chermette)Beaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Chermette's Fleurie Poncié from the lieu-dit of the same name: a structured, silky expression of the appellation's floral character with Vissoux's whole-cluster precision.

Morgon Belair

4.7

Dry · Easygoing · Rustic

Domaine Jean FoillardBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Morgon Château des Jacques La Roche

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Maison Louis Jadot (Château des Jacques)Beaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

La Roche ('the rock') from Château des Jacques is Jadot's most mineral and structured Morgon climat: stony, dark-fruited and firmly built, reflecting the volcanic rocky soils of this parcel.

Morgon Château des Jacques Les Charmes

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Maison Louis Jadot (Château des Jacques)Beaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Jadot's Morgon from the Les Charmes climat within Château des Jacques holdings: iron-mineral, earthy and structured, showing the volcanic depth of Morgon with Burgundian barrel precision.

Morgon Corcelette

4.7

Dry · Easygoing · Rustic

Domaine Jean FoillardBeaujolais€€€€€€€€Still Red

Morgon Cote du Py

4.9

Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Domaine Jean FoillardBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Cote du Py Gamay from the volcanic-schist hill at the heart of Morgon. Dense, structured, with high acidity and an iron-mineral finish that rewards cellaring.

Morgon Cote du Py

4.5

Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold

Domaine Jean-Marc BurgaudBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Structured Cote du Py Morgon from a reliable traditional producer. The volcanic schist soils give pronounced minerality and a firm tannic grip.

Morgon Cuvee Breche

4.8

Dry · Bold · Contemplative

Domaine Jean-Paul ThevenetBeaujolais€€€€€€€€Still Red

Morgon Côte du Py

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Domaine Christophe PacaletBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Pacalet's natural Morgon from the volcanic Côte du Py hill: deep kirsch and iron-mineral concentration, earthy tannin and a long, volcanic finish characteristic of this iconic terroir.

Morgon Eponym

4.9

Dry · Contemplative · Elegant

Domaine Jean FoillardBeaujolais€€€€€€€€Still Red

Moulin-à-Vent Trois Roches

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Domaine du Vissoux (Pierre-Marie Chermette)Beaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Vissoux's Moulin-à-Vent from the Trois Roches lieu-dit: Gamay at its most Pinot-like, with the appellation's distinctive manganese-mineral depth, firm structure and long ageing potential.

Régnié Exsultet

4.6

Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic

Domaine Christian DucrouxBeaujolais€€€€€€€Still Red

Ducroux's prestige Régnié from Demeter-certified biodynamic farming: deep cherry-and-clay concentration, wild-yeast complexity and firm mineral structure.