Tasted in ‘Corcelette’ with Daniel Bouland, 08 February 2022.
Domaine Daniel Bouland
Corcelette 69910
Villié-Morgon
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Daniel on 2021:
“In the mid-slope we didn’t get too much frost – the tops and bottoms of the hills were frosted though. The bottom of the hills also had more maladies to fight – it was a rainy summer – so I definitely wouldn’t call it an easy year, but we made our volume plan so no complaints. It can’t be the vintage of the century though as we didn’t have a lot of sun!”
Daniel on 2020:
“A sunny year but a super year too – we made our volume again. I bottled the last of the wines at the end of August.”
The wines…
Another outstanding vintage from Daniel. Still, like 2019, some wines with pyrazines but fewer than that vinatge!
2020 Chiroubles
Not really a sandy soil here.
Broad, forward – lots of darker-red fruit freshness – going quite deep – though lots of high tones here too. Sinuous and mouth-watering – high-toned in the mouth too – lots of complexity and a lip-smacking finishing flavour – broad. Lots that I like here.
2020 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée Mélaine
South-facing, quite volcanic bluestone soil, the older vines directly above Château Thivin.
Also some high-toned freshness but here is a rounder, fuller style – dark-fruited freshness again. Wider, more layered – full of fresh energy though – really intense with a graphite minerality in the finish. That’s a super finish.
2020 Morgon Corcelette
Softer, rounder nose – this is very inviting. Hmm – this is a little richer and finely layered – yes there’s some bubble-gum flavour here but this wine is silky and hyper-attractive. Really impressively large and persistent in the finish too. Cliché Beaujolais flavours but with extra concentration and a great finish – it’s excellent!
Leaving Villié-Morgon as you head to Fleurie near Doubie. This in a relatively recent Foudre.
Here the aromas are more direct – lots of freshness too. Ooh – that’s lovely – mouth-filling, open, layers of flavour but with such a mouth-watering freshness and fluidity of flavour. That’s a great wine!
Morgon Bellevue is split into two cuvées – one for the sand and one for the stones – different porte-greffes (root-stocks/plant material) here too – both with concrete tank elevage. “Yes, the soil is completely different but it’s only a small track that separates them… :”
2020 Morgon Bellevue ‘Sables’
On sand, on a special porte-greffe which has a low production on a steeper slope. Cement tank elevage – with epoxy coating.
Such a deep and wide nose – always with freshness – the top notes tending to pyrazine. In the mouth a totally different flavour profile – wide, wild, certainly some greenery but a wine that’s open, energetic and still delicious…
2020 Morgon Bellevue ‘Cailloux’
This on the stones, but also older vines.
A much deeper nose – almost suggesting a reduction – but no. Direct, mineral, mouth-watering – almost juicy. There’s a very faint framing of the flavours with tannin – wide and energetically finishing. Holding great flavour too – this is more than excellent – and no greenery.
The Corcelette old-vines is also split into sand (stainless-steel elevage) and stones (foudre) – some of the oldest vines here are from 1925:
Yes – this is the complete nose – of floral perfume and depth plus width of fruit. Mouth-filling – a little extra density of flavour – this has beautiful depth of flavour, the finish infused with perfume like the nose – more than excellent, possibly great wine!
Like all, deeply coloured but not saturated. This nose is certainly more shy – perhaps a carafe would be sufficient encouragement! Yet, that’s gorgeous over the palate; concentrated, mobile, fluid flavour that’s so impressively intense and long – a touch saline at the end too. A nose short of great today but I’m sure it has everything! Bravo!
This the younger vine cuvée a mix of vines from the 1970s and 1980s – from more than 2 hectares around the house.
A fuller, more open, more perfumed nose after the tighter previous wine. A suggestion of pyrazine – but that’s a positive with such a small accent. Really mouth-filling – so much width. The texture is fine too – more a suggestion of tannin grain than actually delivering any. The best tasting finish of all the wines so far – completely delicious – slowly fading. Yes, I would say worth a special search.
Of course the name is the age of the vines – ‘There’s no replacements in the vineyard – they are too old and I can’t find the grafts I need – that’s a big problem in general!’
A more airy and forward width – there’s power here but delivered in elegant fashion. Oh yes – direct – a wine of clarity, of fluid delivery of flavour despite impressive concentration. A wine that sits alone on the top step – as good as many others are. Really a grand Vin de Beaujolais!
And a blanc? Vines in St.Jean des Vignes:
2020 Beaujolais Blanc
A composite cork here – it’s natural cork for all the reds…
Plenty of colour. A broad, open nose of ripe pineapple fruit over a more considered mineral base. This is really a good one – mouth-filling with lovely energy and a quite direct fruit style. Good texture and not the mineral rigour of many Beaujolais Blancs – easy to drink but with a certain concentration too. The finish is a tasty one. Well done!