Jean-Marc Burgaud Beaujolais Villages Les Vignes de Lantignie 2020
$42.99
Wine Advocate’s Top 100 Discoveries of 2020
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Description
Domaine Jean-Marc Burgaud began in 1989 and has slowly expanded to now cover 13ha in Morgon, 1ha in Régnié and 5ha of Beaujolais Villages. Of the Morgon holdings, 8ha lie on the hillside of Côte du Py and are on average more than 50 years old.
Before establishing his domaine at the age of 22, Burgaud completed a diploma in oenology and viticulture, but his learning began long before that. Preceded by generations of growers, he was taught the importance of traditional techniques while keeping an open mind. Burgaud follows the rhythm of the seasons and has farmed using organic principles for more than 10 years, working his densely planted vineyards by hand and horse.
“To make a ‘grand vin’, the vigneron has to know his terroirs and how to farm to obtain the most beautiful grapes possible, and it is from this harmony that ‘grandes bouteilles’ are born,” he says.
Burgaud vinifies with traditional Burgundian methods: whole cluster maceration in concrete vats for variable durations according to the vintage and the appellation. Only indigenous yeasts are used in the cellar and, with the exception of sulphur at bottling, nothing is added during the vinification process as he seeks typical wines of terroir.
The wines are aged in either concrete or large-format barrel for several months before bottling. Some cuvees are lightly filtered while others are not. Bottling begins in April and continues through to August. The press, tanks, bottling line, museum cellar and storage is all dug into the foundations of his house. Notes from Importer.
William Kelley, Wine Advocate: Last year I observed that Jean-Marc Burgaud is a winemaker at the peak of his powers, and his beautifully realised 2020 vintage – in his own words fresher than 2018 but with more substance than 2019 – only confirms that judgment. These are some of the most consistently delicious wines being produced in the region today.
92 points, The Wine Advocate, William Kelley: “This has turned out beautifully, bursting with aromas of blackberries, spices and loamy soil. Medium to full bodied, ample and succulent, with lively acids, melting tannins and a beautifully defined finish, this is worth a special effort to seek out. It’s a benchmark for the appellation and the region, plus it’s terrific value“
William Kelley, Wine Advocate, commentary of 2019
“The more I taste Jean-Marc Burgaud’s wines, the more I find to admire. He celebrated his 30th vintage last year and he has much to be proud of. A winemaker at the peak of his powers, Burgaud has abandoned new oak in favour of seasoned wood, and extraction is more measured than in the past, with his classical semi-carbonic macerations ranging between seven and 15 days in duration, depending on the cuvée. And there’s just one bottling of each wine, making for rare consistency—even for his 4.3ha holdings in Beaujolais-Lantignié (one of the region’s finest values, incidentally).”
The vines in this monopole are 55 years old, planted in sandy topsoil over granite at a density of 10,000 per hectare. Whole-berry, semi-carbonic maceration for seven days, then aged in concrete for six months. Burgaud says: “The 12th century Chateau de Thulon, my great aunt’s property, is in one of the best villages due to its hillsides and granite soil. It produces a bright red wine with a fresh and fruity nose. Best drunk within two years of release.” The 2019 was named in Wine Advocate’s top 100 discoveries of 2020.
RRP $47 *Our Special Price $42.99 – last bottles
Additional information
Producer | Jean-Marc Burgaud |
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Region or Country | Beaujolais, France |
Variety | Gamay |
Vintage | 2020 |
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