Château de la Chaize - Fleurie 2020

Name: Château de la Chaize - Fleurie 2020
Brand: Château de la Chaize
Rating: 4.3 (6 reviews)

Fleurie|Red wine

Beaujolais

Red

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Drink or Keep

4.3/5 (6 customers)

90/100

Robert Parker

90/100

James Suckling

(2019 vintage notes)

gamay

elegant

aperitif

Born from a plot selection, this Fleurie boasts rare finesse and elegance. Perfectly fluid, enveloping mouthfeel, delicate tannins. Perfect balance between ripe fruit and the freshness of the vintage. Soft attack, bewitching middle and salivating finish. A great success!

Features

Estate

Château de la Chaize

Vintage

2020

Designation

Fleurie

Region

Beaujolais

Grape varieties

100% Gamay (âge moyen des vignes : 40 ans)

Terroirs

A blended cuvée from a selection of our cadastral lieux-dits located in the Fleurie appellation on granite soils.

Viticulture

Integrated, HVE-certified, in conversion to organic farming

Harvest

Manual in 13 kg cases

Winemaking

Plot-based, 50% whole and 50% de-stemmed, 8-day maceration with indigenous yeasts, 2 pumpings per day and 3 delestages, free-run juice and press blended after pressing, spontaneous malolactic fermentation, tangential filtration.

Breeding

50% in foudre and 50% in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks

Alcohol content

13.5%

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Intense, brilliant garnet red

Nose

Fine and elegant with notes of dried flowers and ripe red fruits

Mouth

Perfectly fluid, enveloping attack, delicate tannins, perfect balance between ripe fruit and vintage freshness, salivating finish.

Serve

AT 13-15°C

Drink before

2030

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with beef in satay sauce, quail in port or stuffed with mushrooms, pork chops or simply an aperitif plank...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated (guide 2021) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)

About the domain :

As announced in the previous issue, Château de la Chaize, previously owned by the Marquise de Roussy de Sales, has been acquired by Christophe Gruy and his Maïa group. With 250 hectares of vineyards, including 99 hectares of Brouilly, Château de la Chaize is one of the finest estates in the Beaujolais region, and the new owner's ambition is to convert it to organic production. At the same time, a number of renovation projects have been undertaken, particularly in the winery, whose outdated charm and organization had been a hindrance to the production of great wines. The first wines of the Maïa era are not yet born, but we would like to salute this colossal, visionary and courageous investment in a region that has every potential to shine. If the 2017s still lack substance and personality, the 2018s take a big step forward. Brûlhier is greedy and generous, and Combiliaty, with its granitic straightness, already displays a certain elegance.

Guide Hachette des vins

Domaine noté (guide 2022) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

This Grand Siècle château, built in 1674 to plans by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, features gardens designed by André Le Nôtre. The vineyard is one of the largest in the Beaujolais region: it covers 300 hectares in a single block, 150 of which are in operation, with a parcel-by-parcel approach to wine-making. It was bought in 2017 by the Gruy family (Christophe and his nephew Boris, operations manager). Numerous projects are underway, including the transition to organic and biodynamic farming.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated 90/100 (Vintage 2019) (Wonderful wine)

Domaine noté (guide 2021) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

About the domain :

The ambitious restoration of Château de La Chaize and its vineyards - including a transition to organic farming - continues, and the results are beginning to show in the glass. With these new developments, this property has immediately earned itself a place in my shortlist of estates to visit on my next tasting trip to Beaujolais.

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

Rated domain (2022 guide) City

About the domain :

By buying this estate in 2017, Christophe Gruy decided to wake up a sleeping beauty. A historic Brouilly property previously farmed by sharecroppers, La Chaize benefits from an owner who has now taken the measure: major investments have been undertaken in viticulture (replanting program and transition to organic), technology (the winemaking facilities are the subject of a pharaonic worksite) and human resources (Pierre-Jean Villa on board, Christophe's nephew winemaker Boris Gruy appointed manager) to raise the château's 150 hectares to their highest level. To crown it all, the new owner is planning "zero waste" production. The range is based on a gourmet, spontaneous style for the "small" cuvées, and a serious, deep and controlled style for the parcellaires; its coherence enables the domaine to return to our guide. Beaujolais needs ambitious projects of this kind, and we'll be keeping a close eye on them over the coming vintages.

Wine Enthusiast

Domaine noté (guide 2021) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)

James Suckling

Rated 90/100 (Vintage 2019)

Graded area (2021 guide) Recommended

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4.3/5

out of 6 reviews