This estate has recently attracted attention in the US, and these wines show why. Moreover, they demonstrate also that the 2017 vintage can provide very good wines for drinking young while the 2016s take their time in the cellar. (Continue reading here.)
RIDGE VINEYARDS: 2019 Monte Bello and 2019 Merlot Estate
In addition to the Spring national release wines that I reviewed here, the 2019 Estate Merlot is on the market.
The 2019 Monte Bello will be released to Ridge Club members in August 2022 and then will be released after that for general sale.
Louis-Claude DESVIGNES (Morgon) 2021s and a Few 2020s from Bottle
The wines here are certified organic (with the exception of the Aux Pierres Javernières, which is in the process of being certified organic).
The wines are made with semi-carbonic maceration in open-top concrete containers and then aged in concrete tanks. A very small amount (1-2 g/hl) of sulfur is added after malolactic fermentation and sometimes again when the wine is bottled, thus Desvignes is found in many of the natural wine locales in Paris.
The 2021 harvest began on 17 September (in recent years, Desvignes has been harvesting later than most other vignerons in the region). Notwithstanding the late harvesting, the style is elegant.
Château de COULAINE (Chinon)/Jean et Tatiana de BONNAVENTURE
This 20-hectare property has been organic since 1994 and is so certified. (Continue reading here.)
Domaine GARNIER & Fils (Chablis) -- 2019 from Bottle and also some 2018 and 2020
This 57-hectare estate has existed for a number of decades, but only began making and marketing its own wine in 1996. Brothers Jérôme (vineyard) and Xavier (cellar) are in charge.
The estate is slated for organic certification in 2024.
With the exception of the Petit Chablis, which is fermented in tank, all the wines are fermented in wood. All wines have cork closures. (Continue reading here.)
Domaine Vincent GIRARDIN (Meursault) -- 2019s Tasted from Bottle
This 32-hectare estate is certified biodynamic and organic. As for negociant wines, all viticulture is either lutte raisonnée or organic.
In 2012, Vincent Girardin sold his estate to the Compagnie des Vins d'Autrefois in Beaune. That operation owns a number of estates and labels in Burgundy and also acts as a distributor for other estates. Eric Germain and his team, who were in charge of the winemaking at Vincent Girardin prior to the sale, were retained and continue to make the wines.
We begin with the reds: (Continue reading here.)
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