2022 Chateau de Beauregard Moulin a Vent “la Salomine” Trés V.V. (1912 Plantings) 750Ml Bottle

Frédéric Burrier’s excellent wines from the Mâconnais are well-known and rightly celebrated but his outstanding work in Beaujolais is still pretty much an insiders’ secret. From estate-owned vines in the region’s best Crus, Burrier produces a range of top-notch wines that, unsurprisingly from a white wine specialist, showcase vibrancy, balance and finesse. Neil Martin, Vinous

This is a wine I would probably pick as Burgurndy in a blind tasting. Earl-grey tea, strawberries, pepper, rose and violets with gravely earth and firm tannins thanks to the rare “Gamay Nicolas” or “Fin”, with its small bunches and berries. These vines are over 100yo and the 0.6 La Salomine site sits at 400mt, facing south on sandy pink granite soil just on the border of Fleurie. It’s made from mostly crushed fruit and it’s aged in truncated cone shaped wood vats (the famous trunconics) for a year. This will age for over 50 years if the history of this wine and the quality in the glass is anything to go by. Randall