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This Week's Must-Try Wines from Vinous

Welcome to this week's Must-Try Wines from Vinous! Each week we compile a list of wines from the Vinous database that you need to add to your wine wish list. With all the various regions, producers, and grapes, no week will be the same! All of the wines listed in this feature are available for purchase on Banquet . This week's must-try wines are from Neal Martin’s article, The Future Is Beaujolais: 2020-2022 Releases . Enjoy an excerpt from this article and reviews below! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “Few wine regions capture the heart, soul and tastebuds like Beaujolais, finally shaking off its association with Nouveau and witnessing a serious upgrade in quality, year-on-year. Tired of Burgundy’s fetishization and its unaffordable wines? Step this way.” --Neal Martin, The Future Is Beaujolais: 2020-2022 Releases, May 2023 1. 2021 Anne Sophie Dubois Les Labourons Fleurie Gamay 2. 2020 Anthony Thevenet Cuvee Julia Vieilles Vignes Morgon Cotes du Py Gamay 3. 2020 Château Thivin "Reverdon" Brouilly Gamay 4. 2020 Domaine De La Grand'Cour Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Brouilly Gamay 5. 2020 Domaine De La Grand'Cour Chapelle des Bois Fleurie Gamay 6. 2021 Louis Claude Desvignes La Voûte Saint-Vincent Morgon Gamay 7. 2021 Marcel Lapierre Cuvée Camille Morgon Gamay

Marcel Lapierre

Cuvée Camille Morgon Gamay 2021

Delectable Wine
9.3

The 2021 Morgon Côte du Py Cuvée Camille offers a mixture of red and black fruit. This is interwoven with wonderful mineralité and tension. The palate is medium-bodied with finely-chiseled tannins. Very saline and certainly extremely precise, blessed with a poised and tensile finish. You can feel the tension in this nascent Morgon. (Neal Martin, Vinous, May 2023) — a year ago

Anthony Thevenet

Cuvée Julia Morgon Cote du Py Gamay 2020

Delectable Wine
9.4

The 2020 Morgon Côte du Py Cuvée Julia undergoes a 20-day maceration and nine months élevage in barrel. It has a pretty nose with raspberry, wild strawberry and light orange sorbet scents. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannins framing the pure, mineral-driven red fruit. Elegant and poised on the lingering finish. Superb. (Vinous, Neal Martin, May 2023) — a year ago

Louis Claude Desvignes

La Voûte Saint-Vincent Morgon Gamay 2021

Delectable Wine
8.8

The 2021 Morgon La Voûte Saint-Vincent has an attractive nose with dark cherries, bergamot, iodine and light violet scents. The palate is medium-bodied with soft tannins and surprisingly plush for the vintage. It maybe misses a little grip but there is plenty of depth on the finish with a touch of white pepper on the aftertaste. (Neal Martin, Vinous, May 2023) — a year ago

Château Thivin

"Reverdon" Brouilly Gamay 2020

Delectable Wine
9.0

The 2020 Brouilly Reverdon has a well-defined nose of blackberry and briary fruit, beautifully defined with underlying graphite scents percolating through with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with a licorice-tinged entry, then very concentrated with black and blueberry fruit towards the finish and a lick of dark chocolate on the aftertaste. Lovely. (Neal Martin, Vinous, May 2023) — a year ago

Domaine De La Grand'Cour (Jean-Louis Dutraive)

Clos de la Grand'Cour Fleurie Gamay 2020

Delectable Wine
9.1

The 2020 Fleurie Chapelle des Bois has a little reduction on the nose, but there is good concentration here with wild strawberry and red cherry. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, very pure and smooth. Touches of blood orange furnish the long and lively finish. Delicious. (Neal Martin, Vinous, May 2023) — a year ago

Domaine De La Grand'Cour (Jean-Louis Dutraive)

Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Brouilly Gamay 2020

Delectable Wine
8.7

The 2020 Brouilly Vieilles Vignes did not seem quite correct on the nose to me. It's a bit smudged and missing the clarity of all the other cuvées that I noticed at the Domaine. The palate is likewise a little sweet on the entry and just feels a bit labored. I prefer the '21 - this might have been picked a bit too late. (Neal Martin, Vinous, May 2023) — a year ago

Anne Sophie Dubois

Les Labourons Fleurie Gamay 2021

Delectable Wine
9.0

The 2021 Fleurie Les Labourons has a very pure and pretty bouquet that blossoms in the glass: black cherries, wilted iris petals, hints of blood orange - this is wonderful. The palate is medium-bodied with a slightly candied entry. It's fleshy for a Fleurie, maybe just missing the delineation on the finish that Dubois can achieve in a more benevolent season. Yet this remains a quite delicious proposition. (Neal Martin, Vinous, May 2023) — a year ago