Tasted with Louis-Clement David-Beaupère in La Bottière, 17 February 2022.
Domaine David-Beaupère
La Bottière
69840 Juliénas
Tel: +33 9 75 92 61 19
www.domainedavidbeaupere.fr
More reports with Domaine David-Beaupère
Louis-Clement on 2021:
“We were very lucky – I know we are not many but we had almost a normal yield in 2021. In 21 we also had the new cuverie and I’m happy that it’s brought a bit more precision to our 2021s – I’m happy with the progression that we are making.”
Louis-Clement on 2020:
“2020 made a generous vintage, more than in 2018! Certainly an early vintage – we finished in August – but it was an easy year in the vines and with good degrees of ripeness too – 12° for the Trois Verres. Though most is now sold. My sister is here since 2019 too, so this was her first full vintage. ”
The wines…
Always delicious, dangerously drinkable wines at this estate – a little extra sweetness to watch out for in the Bottière this year.
2020 Beaujolais Villages Les Trois Verres
Bottled in August – just before the harvest. Chapelle de Guinchay – half a hectare of vines that belong to the family of Jules Chauvet.
Light colour again. Deeper, more layered nose, faintly lactic, almost some struck-match, but very inviting. Impact, freshness – lovely red fruit. A small grain of tannin like the 2020 Beaujolais. A That’s a nicely airy, red-fruited wine. Supple, easy and delicious over the palate – absolutely the classic style of the domaine – mineral and even a little slaine in the moreish finish. Yum!
2020 Juliénas La Bottière
A nose of more volume, vibrancy and complexity. Broader, fresher a little more incisive. But with depth and layers to the flavour too – there’s extra sucrosity (it turns out that there’s about 1g of residual sugar) but also a small austerity – I would wait a year or so before attacking but there’s a lot extra here today – but I’d be drinking the prior wine today.
2018 Julienas Vayolette
From the west of the appellation on a plain south-facing, steep slope, the soil is bluestone. Have a 3ha parcel. ‘I adore this vintage I think it tendu and fin – I think the third winter has really put it in place. Zero added sulfur – I thought the wine was in a great place at the time of bottling so chose to leave it like that.’ Was bottled in August 2020.
A little more colour. Extra freshness in this nose if not quite the volume of the last. More direct, cool–fruit, extra complexity again – there’s extra intensity here too. A small sucrosity again but lower than the last – the fruit darker, cooler, cleaner more deliciously finishing this wine.