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Domaine Les Capréoles - Beaujolais-Lantignié Alio Pacto 2020

Beaujolais

Red

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Drink or Keep

15/20

RVF

-

92/100

James Suckling

(2019 Vintage ratings)
gamay
silky
barbecue
andouillette
long-keeping wine

"Another face of Beaujolais

From an old vineyard parcel located on a vein of Lantignié microgranite, this cuvée was harvested for the first time in 2018 after several years ravaged by hail. With its nose of ripe red fruit, cherries in brandy, mentholated and camphorated, Alio Pacto offers a silky, dense wine with lovely juice and a fresh finish. Its tannins are already silky, although it's easy to imagine that a few years will allow it to blossom even further. Discover another face of Beaujolais, a cru cultivated in another way, alio pacto in Latin, for divine pleasure!

Features

Estate

Domaine Les Capréoles

Cuvée

Alio Pacto

Vintage

2020

Designation

Beaujolais-Lantignié

Region

Beaujolais

Grape varieties

100% Gamay

Terroirs

Granitic arenes (Saprolite), vines with an average age of 70 years. Old vineyard on a southwest-facing slope, located on a Lantignié microgranite vein. Harvested for the first time in 2018, only the best vintages will be bottled.

Viticulture

Certified organic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Whole bunch maceration for 2 weeks, indigenous yeasts and no sulfur during fermentation.

Breeding

18 months in old oak barrels

Alcohol content

13.5%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Ruby

Nose

Intense, ripe red fruit, cherries in brandy, mentholated, camphorated.

Mouth

Silky, dense, full of juice, fresh finish, already silky tannins, even if the wine still needs ageing to come into its own. It will show you a different side of Beaujolais Cru, cultivated in a different way (alio pacto, in Latin), for a different pleasure.

Serve

AT 15-16°C

Drink before

2040

Guard

Up to 20 years

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Goes well with goose rillettes, brie fritters, oeufs mollets à la reine, andouillette, coq au vin, etc.

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Domain rated (guide 2024) 3*Stars (High-quality production that can serve as a benchmark in its sector)

About the domain :

Cédric Lecareux and his wife Catherine gave birth to Domaine de Capréoles in July 2014 with three hectares of adjoining vines, an area added to by two hectares two years later. From beaujolais-villages to cru régnié, everything is recommendable, with, it seems to us, more refined maturation. A fine address.

Guide Hachette des vins

Guide Hachette des vins

Domain rated (guide 2024) Awarded wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

Cédric Lecareux - who arrived from Languedoc-Roussillon, where he worked at domains for the Gérard Bertrand group - and his wife, originally from Beaujolais, bought this 250-year-old estate in 2014. They cultivate 8 hectares of organic vines, planted like a garden around the property, with an exceptional view of the two bell towers of Régnié-Durette.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated 15/20 (Vintage 2019) (Good wine)

Domain rated (guide 2024) Selected (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the domains that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).

About the domain :

Cédric Lecareux is one of those neo-winemakers who are making a difference in Beaujolais. Technical director of a major Languedoc wine merchant for six harvests, he settled in Régnié with his wife Catherine, an agricultural engineer like himself, on an abandoned estate. As soon as they arrived, in 2014, they committed to organic certification, confirmed in 2017. Adhering to the maxim "The rule is that there are no rules", they adapt the de-stemming and ageing process each year.

James Suckling

James Suckling

Rated 92/100 (Vintage 2019)

Rated Domaine (2023 guide) Recommended

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