Domaine Chamonard, Fleurie, 2023 SO033126 Vincey mineral backbone distinct from the

mineral backbone distinct from the family's home sites

The result is cru Gamay with a Burgundian accent: elegant

" named for an actual sandy bank in the Loire near Parnay — is the sandy-soiled parcel in the lineup

A back-vintage Cabernet Sauvignon from an unlikely corner of Tuscany — the Val Freddana hills outside Lucca

with the chalky bite the appellation does so well

Domaine Chamonard, Fleurie, 2023 SO033126 Vincey mineral backbone distinct from theThe Fleurie comes from La Madone, the steep granite hill crowned by the chapel that gives the cru its skyline hard ground to work and some of the best in the appellation. Joseph Chamonard was fermenting whole clusters with wild yeast and aging in old foudre while the rest of Beaujolais was chaptalizing and sulfuring with abandon, a natural wine pioneer before the term existed; after his death the domaine passed to his daughter Genevieve and her