Château de Pougelon, Grille-Midi, Fleurie, Beaujolais, France 2020

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Tasted by: Amy Wislocki
(at WeWork, London SE1, 29 Apr 2024)
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2026
There are so many different red wine styles suitable for summer drinking now that Beaujolais may feel unimaginative. But well-made cru Beaujolais can provide immense drinking pleasure, as this 2020-vintage Fleurie demonstrates. Château de Pougelon's fifth-generation winemaker Marine Descombe specialises in low-intervention winemaking and farms sustainably. This wine, new to Majestic, spent 13 months in concrete tanks before bottling, and is drinking beautifully now – soft and sappy with a purity of blackberry and forest fruits, and a lick of brown sugar fruit sweetness. Delightful. Mix-six price: £19.99.
Château de Pougelon, Grille-Midi, Fleurie, Beaujolais, France 2020
Producer
Château de Pougelon
Brand
Grille-Midi
Vintage
2020
Wine Type
Still
Colour
Red
Country
France
Region
Appellation
Beaujolais
Sweetness
Dry
Closure
Cork
Alcohol
13.00%
Body
Medium
Grapes
100% Gamay