Chénas Vignes de 1939 Gamay

Not for me. Sure, great old vine material. But when a 6 year old Beaujolais can't be popped and poured due to CO2/possible refermentation, and it has been stored at cool cellar temps...maybe shipping is suspect or the wine is too fragile to survive the logistics it saw through the channel I purchased.

Fun and light but well built.

This is Gamay on steroids. Deep but bright cherry fruit. With the cracked stones. Lots of ‘em. So 2015 in the mouth. Big, blocky, no elegance and all muscle. Full bodied (14%) and with less acid than I usually like. It’s really good but like a lot of ‘15 Bojos , it’s atypical.

A very rich Beaujolais. Probably a little passed it’s prime.

I drink a lot of Cru Beaujolais and this one is darker and more substantial then most. More dark fruit than red fruit. Black cherry, tart blackberry and a little tannic.

Quite tasty, bigger than I had expected, lots of raspberry notes on the nose and palate. Some rose, floral, and green vegetal notes and some smokiness and old faint horse manure too. Complex tasting and lengthy, and medium bodied.

Shockingly delicious

Whoa. Such a baby. All red, great spice, touch smoke. Why I drink bojo...and this in 3 to 10 more years!

Cherry. Lots of depth. Nice acidity and good tannic structure.

Tannin grippy,