Domaine Chamonard, Fleurie, 2023 SO033126 Vincey mineral backbone distinct from the

mineral backbone distinct from the family's home sites

The palate is full-bodied yet supremely elegant

A back-vintage Cabernet Sauvignon from an unlikely corner of Tuscany — the Val Freddana hills outside Lucca

and the Flying Cloud Paso bottling channels that classic schooling: hand-sorted

The result is cru Gamay with a Burgundian accent: elegant

Domaine Chamonard, Fleurie, 2023 SO033126 Vincey mineral backbone distinct from theThe Fleurie comes from La Madone, the steep granite hill crowned by the chapel that gives the cru its skyline hard ground to work and some of the best in the appellation. Joseph Chamonard was fermenting whole clusters with wild yeast and aging in old foudre while the rest of Beaujolais was chaptalizing and sulfuring with abandon, a natural wine pioneer before the term existed; after his death the domaine passed to his daughter Genevieve and her