Chénas Quartz, Piron-Lameloise 2020

0 Reviews

Maison Piron Chenas Quartz is a refined and complex wine made from a single parcel of steeply-sloping old vines grown on granite soil overlaid with quartz crystals, offering a deep and mineral-driven almost Burgundian expression of gamay with savoury, plummy fruit, white pepper and hints of violet and spice. A superlative vintage, this is vibrant and serious with fine, powdery tannins.

£18.50 Bottle

£222.00 Case of 12

In Stock

Code: BJ10701

Wine characteristics

Red Wine
Medium-bodied
Gamay
75cl
Now to 2030
13.5% Alcohol
no oak influence
Cork, natural
570 g (Empty bottle weight)

Vegetarian
Vegan

Dominique Piron

Bright and affable Dominique Piron can trace his roots in the Beaujolais cru of Morgon right back to an ancestor living there in 1590, and he is the latest of fourteen generations to make wine locally. His domaine comprises just over 50 hectares of vines, specialising in Morgon but with extensive Beaujolais-Villages vineyards as well as Chiroubles (3.5 hectares), Chénas, Régnié and a small holding (1.5 hectares) in Fleurie. He also makes a quite delicious Chénas Quartz cuvée on behalf of the Lamelloise family, famous restaurateurs in Chagny, south of Beaune. He farms sustainably, following the principles of lutte raisonée (meaning ‘reasoned struggle’), respecting the soils and the gamay grape that he loves in his eagerness to make wines that are proper reflections of the vineyards from whence they come. In the cellars, which are pristine and superbly organised, winemaking is classic in style. This is a grower and winemaker well worth following for his elegant but concentrated, not to mention ageworthy, wines.