Domaine Mont Bessay “En Bessay” Juliénas 2021
We are excited to offer the inaugural releases from Domaine Mont Bessay. This is a new Beaujolais estate run by Philippe Pascal of Domaine Cellier aux Moines in Givry. Pascal believes his success out of the gate at Mont Bessay is the result of his learning curve at Cellier aux Moines. He labored for more than a decade to turn that dilapidated estate around, becoming the first winery in Givry to convert to organic and then biodynamic viticulture, and constructing a new, fully gravity-fed winery. Pascal was lured both by Mont Bessay’s terroir—a south-facing, high-elevation site with an ideal mosaic of soils—and also by the chance to invigorate another undervalued region, since Juliénas is an under-the-radar Cru. Applying the same philosophy as at Celliers aux Moines, Pascal converted the abandoned vineyards to organic farming and embarked on an ambitious and time-consuming replanting program for the neglected Gamay vines. Fans of Celliers aux Moines will find a similar vein of purity and elegance in Mont Bessay’s cuvées, a result of their Burgundian approach: Meticulous sorting, the inclusion of stems, gentle extraction for silky tannins, and no new oak. What sets the wines apart from many of the finest cru Beaujolais is longer barrel aging—close to two years.
$61.98
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