Description
Region: Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
Producer: Domaine Daniel Bouland
Vintage: 2022
Grape: Chardonnay
Type: White Wine
Size: 75CL
Bouland portrays the artisanal Beaujolais vigneron in perhaps its purest form. He works alone in his vineyards where most of the material is gnarled, old goblet vines. His young parcels have been planted with selections massal from his older vineyards. Nothing is sweetened and nothing is taken away from the raw, visceral goodness of the juice. Hand-harvesting, very low yields, old wood, wild yeast fermentations, 100% whole bunch (open) ferments and non filtration, places him very much in the back-to-basics-dirt-under-the-fingernails camp. What we are left with is a serious glass of honest, handmade refreshment from a unique and respectful grower.
NOTES : A classic, easy-going Beaujolais Chardonnay with a broad nose, clean, round flavors of pear and apple; and light herbal notes. A spectacular pairing with herb-crusted pork tenderloin.