Fleurie, Le Quartier du Cru Beaujolais Vintage:2021

Fleurie, Le Quartier du Cru Beaujolais Vintage:2021We believe that Gamay should have some savoury notes (and less of the notorious bubblegum flavours). Textbook Fleurie. An abundance of woody spice on the nose followed by raspberry coulis and fig notes which continue on to the fresh fruit finish. Partial carbonic maceration followed by alcoholic fermentation at a low temperature. Fleurie, with its higher acidty but lower tannin levels, can happily be matched with a huge range of foods easily solving

chalky tannins

There are five sub-regions in Rias Baixas

The wine stabilises in stainless steel

while Madison's Irina Atanasova was uncovering the caramel and dried fruits

A great match with seafood dishes

Many of these ‘derelict’ vineyards were overgrown with native grasses and bracken ferns and weren’t being used for grape production - one was even being used to graze horses

Cave de Turckheim is situated to the north west of Colmar in Alsace

An enticing nose of white peach and pear with hints of fresh lime and gooseberry

located next door to the main facilities of Fernando de Castilla

alongside Emile Issa-el Khoury

The soil is made of marl and limestone so the vines are put under stress and produce superior quality fruit

precise and tense