Raphaël Chopin
Tasted with Raphaël Chopin in Lantignié, 22 April 2016. Raphaël Chopin La Savoye 69430 Lantignié Tel: +33 6 22 08 59 09 www.domaine-raphael-chopin.fr This 5 hectare domaine was started by Raphaël’s great-grandfather. Raphaël has been here since 2009 after a stint making wine in… Read More
wines – weekend 7 2023
2019 Raphaël Chopin, Beaujolais-Lantignié Blanc Theia Lemon yellow. An easy nose, attractive depth and some interest – that’s a nice start. A supple width of sweet flavour then a wave with saline accents before a more mineral finish – slowly mouth-watering. I’d guess blind that it was… Read More
a few bottles, mainly from last week…
Just a few wines that were drunk before last weekend – the weekend wines will follow – but what can I remember? 😉 2016 Raphaël Chopin, Beaujolais Lantignie La Savoye Full coloured – and… Read More
2016 Beaujolais
2016 Beaujolais – delicious, in the main… This Beaujolais vintage has, as a broad generalisation, the same sucrosity – a sweetness of flavour – that was seen in 2015, except that the fruit profile of the 2016s has more freshness and less ‘cooked’ spice when compared to 2015. Read More