Tasted in Régnié-Durette with Cédric Lecareux, 08 February 2022.
Domaine Les Capreoles
La Plaigne
69430 Régnie-Durette
Tel: +33 4 74 65 57 83
www.capreoles.com
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Cédric on 2021:
It wasn’t a simple year – we harvested quite late, from 23 September, but in fine weather – and had to do a lot of triage too but the carbonic macerations were easy. The volume was a little lower than normal – 35 hl/ha. In some places we gained more from the rain than we lost from the mildew – the balance reminds me of 2016, maybe a little less concentrated.
Cédric (last year) on 2020:
“We had luck here in Regnié because we had some rain, 60mm in August – not far off normal – after zero in July. Fortunately, there was some rain in June too. Our harvest started 29 August, harvesting for 8 days in relatively cool weather – that was a bonus for bringing in cooler grapes – but fully mature. For us, since 2014 it’s, no question, the best. ”
The wines…
Cédric has a number of great wines for their labels – yet again. Really one of the musketeers of Lantignié!
2021 Beaujolais-Lantignié l’Amourgandise
Already bottled – 21st January
Not a large nose but a perfumed nose. Easy over the palate – freshness and a little grain of tannin. The finish is quite good – airy, tasty wine.
2020 Régnié, Chamodère
This was bottled at the end of June. Only about 20% barrel but as this wine had a bit more length of elevage. Lots of whole clusters used in this vintage.
Deeper colour. More aromatic impact and plenty of freshness too. Concentrated, sinuous, growing structure – there’s some tannic drag to the texture but there’s no visible grain. Growing in intensity. Big wine, you should be patient – I’d wait 2-3 years before returning but all is here – very good!
It’s a big block of vines behind that they but split into 9 different sectors, this from the higher part. A tank sample – the bottling planned for mid-March
Broad, fresh – a little oak – there’s a classy depth of aroma here. Supple, beautifully textured, mobile flavour – there’s concentration here but never heaviness. That’s a great wine.
A single parcel of 25-year-old vines, all whole cluster, 15 months of elevage in older barrels. Also bottled just 3 weeks ago.
Also a nose that’s open and forward, faintly accented with oak. Supple again – ooh – this is even easier to assimilate – just a bit more mouth-watering energy, turning slowly to intensity. Still a finely textured depth – like the Diaclasse – and no oak visible in the flavours. Great BJV!
2020 Régnié Sous la Croix
The high part of the parcel – not much soil here, just 20-30cm over the granite. A wine that’s completely destemmed for the fermentation. Bottled 25 June – ‘an elevage that’s less discreet than the Alio Pacto’
An impressively deep nose – aided by a small whiff of reduction – but there’s a fresh purity of dark fruit. The nose and the first flavour suggest a little coffee. Open, confident, concentrated but accessible tasty wine. Clearly delicious too!
And to finish:
2019 Regnié Diaclasse
Bottled in May 2021
Open, quite a wide aromatic – slowly widening further and becoming more perfumed. Very open in the mouth – really some volume here – growing more mouth-watering. Very tasty but less together and impressive than the 2020. Still a very good wine…