Tasted in Beaujolais with Kevin & Marine Jandard, 28 February 2024
Domaine Passy Les Clous
5 rue des Fossés
89800 Beines
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We should have met to taste in January but this was the time of the French tractor drivers blocking the autotoutes – negotiating Beaujolais to Chablis being more than one bridge too far with such timing. So we met together in Beaujolais during my tour there.
And the last vintages:
“In 2023 we had plenty of volume, of course, but the disease pressure was very strong during the growing season – you could say that it was a vintage of the vigneron – the rain was quite regular. Whereas in 2022, despite it being much dryer, we still had a good volume – of course lower than 2023 – we were still quite close to the rendements though. Our parcels have quite some separation so were also vinified like that.”
The wines…
Delicious wines – indeed excellent for their labels – and the Beauroy has a chance of being a great one!
DIAM, and others, are currently under test here:
2022 Petit Chablis
12 months of tank elevage.
Hmm – a fine width with just a hint of ripeness. Hmm (again!), this is, of course, less generous than the Beaujolais Blanc tasted just before but the drive and direction and mouth-watering flavour have another level of refreshment – a width of precise finishing flavour too. Really a super wine!
2022 Chablis
Nearly 16 ha represented here. With 6 months more elevage than the PC
Extra breadth and depth of aroma. Larger scale too – an almost sherbet style to the flavour energy. So pure and in the finish – more yellow citrus than mineral – but both! The finish is very lovely it’s a simply excellent villages.
2022 Chablis Vergers
A finer width of aroma, almost a generosity to this nose. More supple, but fresh – clearly with tension. You sense more the salinity of this one but there are more citrus bitters in the finish too. Also a lovely wine – but I have a small preference for the first one.
Part of the elevage in barrel here – 600-litres. A small cuvée of a little more than 2,000 bottles.
A roundness to this nose the fruit is ripe and yellow with a small cushion of oak. Beautiful shape in the mouth – very fluid, great texture. A larger scale in the finish – warmer fruit here – or the barrel accent – and slowly fading. I’d be waiting 2-3 years for the wood to fade but this middle fluidity of the flavours marks this out as potentially a special wine. It’s certainly excellent, but it’s also potentially a great Beauroy!