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16½/20
Steeve Charvet Chiroubles 2018
Chiroubles, Beaujolais Villages, Beaujolais, Burgundy, FranceThe Charvet family has farmed this Chiroubles-based estate for more than six generations. Today, Steeve Charvet oversees their 7 hectares of vines, including the Crus of Chiroubles and Morgon. The 2018 Chiroubles was bottled earlier than usual to compensate for Steeve's loss of the 2016 vintage and 40% of the 2017 crops. From 40-year-old vines rooted in steep sandy and granite slopes, this was 20% destemmed and native fermented before age six months in concrete. Layers of cherry, plum, and fragrant peony are well woven around a pure-fruited plummy core, wrapped with fine-grained, lightly grippy tannins, and finished with pink peppercorn spicing and mineral salts. A modest little charmer, gentle yet lively, and with great typicity for Chiroubles.Tasted: 06 February 2021Tasted by: Prices:| BC | $30.99 | 750ml | BCLS |
Grape: Gamay NoirCSPC: 121135UPC: 3760109883573
