Bernard Vallette, Beaujolais Blanc (2023)
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Beaujolais, France— An opulent, beautiful Beaujolais Blanc, 100% organic / biodynamic Chardonnay. Creamy, ripe orchard fruits on the nose with a touch of reduction. Ripe stone fruits, peach, apricot, zesty lemon curd with subtle florals. Medium-plus bodied with a rich mouthfeel. Bernard Vallette is at the forefront of winemaking in the small southern-Beaujolais of Lachassagne & he’s one of many winemakers in the area advocating for Cru status of the village’s white wines.
From the deep south of Beaujolais in the village of Lachassagne, where the soils are clay and limestone as opposed to granite, Bernard Vallette is biodynamically farming 6.5ha of land passed down through his family from his grandparents. The grapes are all hand harvested and fermented with native yeasts using carbonic maceration and a comparatively lengthy aging in stainless steel. The resulting wines are charming and immensely drinkable in their youth, but also develop nicely with a few years of age. No additions in the cellar (including sugar) and just a touch of SO2 at bottling.