2023 Juliénas, Domaine de Forétal
bottle
£15.80
(£14.05 per bottle)
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SKU: FO2323RA
Categories: Beaujolais, First Class Cru Beaujolais from Domaine de Forétal, New at HH&C, Red Wine
Winemaker:Domaine de Forétal
This Juliénas comes from 50 year-old vines and has a glisteningly deep, ruby-purple colour. The nose is scented and mellow, with ripe red and black cherry fruitiness. Palate is full and generous, having a plump, concentrated core, and a clean, rounded-yet-vital finish.
WINE OF THE WEEK – Joanna Simon, 7th November 2024, www.joannasimon.com
I’m very keen on the wines of the Beaujolais Crus (no secret there), so I was delighted to see at the autumn tasting of The Bunch that these Gamay wines from Beaujolais’ top 10 individual appellations, seem to be having a moment, at least with this group of independent wine merchants.
Four of the seven-strong Bunch members showed a Beaujolais Cru […]. There was a Morgon (Adnams), a Côte de Brouilly (Tanners) and two Moulin-à-Vent (Lea & Sandeman and Haynes, Hanson & Clark), including one from Domaine de Forétal, and they were all extremely good.
Instead of one of those, though, I’ve chosen a Juliénas, a Cru that tends to get overshadowed by the likes of Fleurie, Brouilly, Morgon and Moulin-à-Vent, all of which are larger – and further south. […]
Jean-Yves, fifth generation of the Perraud family at Domaine de Forétal, makes Juliénas of unalloyed purity and charm up in the hills in Vauxrenard.
The 2023 has a luminous raspberry fragrance, succulent, fleshy, red fruit, rock-pool minerality and coolness and very light, chalk-dust fine tannins. […]
One of the things I love about Gamay in general, and the Beaujolais Crus above all, is how well they go with food. It’s quite hard to go wrong […]. Just a few pairing ideas: roast chicken, coq au vin, quail, young lamb; seared tuna, salmon; smoked duck breast salad, rillettes, paté, bresaola and other air-dried and cured meats; hummus, spanakopita, vegetarian stuffed red peppers; or let it cut through heavier or fattier dishes such as cassoulet and pork belly.”
Joanna Simon, 7th November 2024
| Weight | 1.5 kg |
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| Wine Name | Juliénas, Domaine de Forétal |
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| Product Code | FO2323RA |
| Customs Status | Duty Paid |
| Tax Status | Inc Tax |
Winemaker
Domaine de Forétal
Domaine de Forétal is located in the village of Vauxrenard, up in the hills above Juliénas. There have been Perrauds in Vauxrenard since the 17th century, with Jean-Yves Perraud now at the helm, running the family`s 9 hectares of vineyards. These extend across the appellations of Moulin à Vent, Juliénas, Beaujolais-Villages and Beaujolais. Jean-Yves joined his father Jacques at the domaine in 1998, following studies in oenology and viticulture. He has worked hard since then to modernise the vineyard area to allow for a better and more consistent maturation of his grapes. In parallel with innovation, respect for the environment and of traditional ways of working, above all working by hand, has been key to his ethos. He has practiced lutte raisonnée since 1998, allowing him to be more in tune with the needs of the vines. In 2019 he officially engaged in sustainable viticulture, resulting in the estate being certified Terra Vitis. In 2020 this progressed to achieving `Haute Valeur Environnementale` (High Environmental Value) status. His wines have startling purity and brightness that reflect both vine location and Jean-Yves`s work in vines and cellar.