Tasted in Odenas with Jean-Baptiste Bachevillier and Florent Georger, 20 February 2019. Château de Pierreux Lieu-dit Pierreux 69460 Odenas Tel: +33 4 74 03 42 16 www.chateaudepierreux.com Jean-Baptiste and Florent on 2018: “2018 – January was warm but we were happy… Read More

Tasted in Odenas with Jean-Baptiste Bachevillier, 12 February 2018. Château de Pierreux Lieu-dit Pierreux 69460 Odenas Tel: +33 4 74 03 42 16 www.chateaudepierreux.com Jean-Baptiste on 2017: “There are some parts of 2017 that resemble 2015, but in the end 2017 has… Read More

Tasted in Odenas with Jean-Baptiste Bachevillier, 21 February 2017. Château de Pierreux Lieu-dit Pierreux 69460 Odenas Jean-Baptiste is responsible for vinification at Pierreux, his first vintage was 2015, he is also Boisset’s ‘Ambassador for Beaujolais.‘ Jean-Baptiste explains “Currently the domaine has 103 hectares, 3 being white – 2016… Read More

Tasted in Odenas with Florent Georger, 13 April 2016. Château de Pierreux Lieu-dit Pierreux 69460 Odenas In the 13th century this was a fortress – a fortress that was built over a 5th century Roman villa. The château often changed name as it was often passed through female… Read More

And the winners were… All blind-tasted in Villefranche-sur-Saône, 22 March 2019. The Summary: 61 wines tasted blind, though tasted in the order 1) Beaujolais Blanc and then 2) Beaujolais Villages Blanc – it was by pure chance that my picks were equally split between each… Read More

All tasted blind at ‘Interbeaujolais’ in Villefranche 25, 26 and 27 April 206. Virtually all the wines tasted here are from the 2014 vintage – as requested – but a few 2013s seemed to creep into the mix too. Whilst all were tasted blind, the ‘cru’ was known… Read More