Tasted in Béru, with Gaëlle Ribé, 14 March April 2024.
Domaine Château de Béru
32 Grande Rue
89700 Beru
Tel: +33 3 86 75 94 95
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Gaëlle on 2023/2022:
“Yes – I’m very happy with 2023. As for the 2022s, some are bottled but the rest will be done in the 2-3 months to come.”
The wines…
Properly great wines from this domaine in 2022 – bravo !!
350-400m altitude, Kimmerigian, usually windy, the snow always stays here longer, but it’s also warmer in the summer. The only wine with 5% elevage in foudres and the rest in tank. This cuvée normally accounts for about 1/3 of the domaine, and always the same parcels are used. In bottle almost a month
Ooh – that’s a lovely nose, wide, faintly zesty and with plenty of minerality at the base. Large in the mouth, fine structure – gorgeously complex finish – such a great finish of complex agrume with mandarin centre-stage – great ‘entry’ wine.
2022 Chablis Le Côte au Prêtre
‘A little terrior near the mid-slope. Limestone like small galets.’ All the elevage in vinification in barrel – for bottling in April.
Good width and great depth of aroma. Large scale – there is some juicy intensity too – then a larger finishing intensity of flavour with a small extra barrel complexity, a small textural tannin/zest in the finish with a sweetness of boiled sweets – acidulated. Wait 2 years for this, the barrel is only an accent but I’d let it fade further. So delicious.
From the plateau of the hill here, above Chichée, plus a higher hill. Very draining white soil with lots of fossils here, Kimmerigian rock but ‘more angular.’ Have been slowly increasing the amount of oak – for both fermentation and elevage – it was all barrel vinification and elevage this year. Maybe a gram of so2 at bottling – will see – maybe not…
More open and energetic today. Large scale in the mouth too – slowly growing in intensity, there’s also some linearity to these flavours. The structure is clearly present. And like the last wine a burst of finishing flavour – here with extra salinity and acidulated fruit again. Chalky finishing at the end. This is less about the detail of some of the others today but potentially a more complete wine – it could be great!
A walled section of vines next to the château – there’s some clay in the soil here. This took a little longer to ferment than the others but is completely dry today.
A broad nose, hinting at its structure. The gas is on a higher level – this hasn’t been adjusted yet – but really a ‘wow’ intensity and flavour profile – sharp as a knife, acidulated, ultra-complex fruit. Gorgeous if slightly strict finishing, faintly touched by a chalky finishing tannin… Great wine!
To be commercialised in 2024…
A really vibrant aromatic – pure, precise – ultra inviting. Ooh – so wide – so intense – that’s clearly great, still a hint of creamy oak – but this tastes so good I might turn a blind eye to it. What a delicious and great wine.
There is one response to “Château de Béru – 2022”
Bill, I am curious, green glint. These wines have always fascinated me. Can you speak to why the critics opine they are not typique? Is it scale? Sounds like you’re in love.
Hi DLP
The wines are not ‘mainstream’ because they are made without sulfur. I did recently have a slightly cloudy one in a restaurant but it was delicious – I’ve only ever tasted perfectly presented wines at the domaine though – and, yes, I love them 🙂
Bill