Juliénas "Bessay", Sylvain Martel
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Juliénas "Bessay", Sylvain Martel - 2023

750 mL
Item # 46926

After a whole-cluster, ten day, natural fermentation, the wine was aged in cement vats before bottling unfiltered. Production is miniscule at the estate and Sylvain Martel recently relocated to the area after meeting his vigneronne wife, Anne Sophie Dubois. Enjoy with chicken brochettes.
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Color
Red
Vintage
2023
Country
France
Region
Burgundy
Sub-Region
Beaujolais
Producer
Sylvain Martel
Grape Variety
Gamay
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Staff Pick Notes

Sylvain Martel trained as a winemaker in the southern Rhône before he moved to Beaujolais where he bought old Gamay vines at an altitude of 450 meters - a high elevation for grape growing. The yields are kept low and organic viticulture is practiced. After semi-carbonic fermentation is made, the wine is aged for nine months in old barrels. It's an elegant wine that shows depth and concentration. You can taste red berries, red apples crushed peppers followed by a vibrant minerality. The classic qualities of a good, well-made Beaujolais! To be paired with grilled chicken or lightly- sauced pastas or you can just enjoy it by itself with its freshness.

- AFR

More About This Wine

Burgundy

The range of wine styles offered in Burgundy rivals that of any other region. In Chablis, Chardonnay is left unoaked to produce lean, crisp, steely wines with incredible acidity - a far cry from the vanilla-oak bombs that so many consumers associate with this grape. Fans of rich, unctuous, and well-oaked Chardonnay will enjoy Chassagne-Montrachet, whose age-worthy offerings offer all the fatness of a California wine, yet retain a very Burgundian, mineral-driven core and great acidity....

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Beaujolais

Beaujolais is the classic expression of the Gamay grape. These red wines (labeled simply “Beaujolais”) are approachable, grapey, and fun – ideal for low-pressure sipping. Beaujolais-Villages is a step up. Compared to basic Beaujolais, the rules for Beaujolais-Villages wines are more strict. Villages wine is produced in far smaller quantities. Beaujolais Nouveau is perhaps the most gulpable wine made anywhere, and it should be drunk very soon after its release, which occurs each year on the...

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