2019 Domaine Saint-Cyr Chénas 'Les Journets’, Beaujolais, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Chnas has historically been an overlooked appellation, but Raphael Saint Cyr intends to help change that. Les Journets is a prolongation of the Blmonts parcel in Chnas that Raphael has been farming for over a decade. In 2017, he decided to vinify this block separately, experimenting with a full carbonic fermentation to make a juicy, "grapier" Beaujolais the style of wine that he most enjoys drinking with his winemaker friends. The

and a little over 2 ha just north of Châteauneuf

Never once has the Chave family released a single vineyard or cru Hermitage

the hidden values of the world of wine are discovered along the road less traveled

with a three week maceration in temperature controlled stainless steel and then aged for three years in neutral French botti

The grapes are hand-selected in the vineyard and in the cellar

Soto means 'OUTSIDE' in Japanese and the name is a celebration of the earth's purest elements - the finely polished rice and pristine mountain water

wines made from any vines less than 30 years old are sold to négociants rather than being bottled at the domaine

like La Antigua Clásico Gran Reserva

fourth generation wine trader

but tone it down with the fruit and aromatics of Riesling and Verdelho

Stephan joined the family business in 2000 after completing his studies in viticulture at Geisenheim

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