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Daniel Bouland Morgon “Les Delys” 2021

Gamay doesn't get better than this!

Gamay

$62.00

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BODY: Medium -
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Medium
TANNIN: Medium -
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Origin: Beaujolais (Fleurie, Morgon & More), France

Grape Varietals:
Gamay

Winemaking:

Whole Bunch, Carbonic Maceration, and Wild yeast

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WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Pair with roast chicken, grilled salmon, roast pork, Thanksgiving turkey.

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Roast chicken rice, sio bak, Ayam penyet, samabl stingray

Domaine Daniel Bouland

Daniel Bouland is the antithesis of Beaujolais' reputation circa the 1970s & 80s. Known as one of the region's more reclusive producers, Bouland tends to his rustic, predominately old vine vineyards all by himself, with holdings across the Beaujolais

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Daniel Bouland Morgon “Les Delys”

Daniel Bouland Morgon "Les Delys" is a gorgeous expression of Gamay – a superb red wine from Morgon in Beaujolais, Burgundy, France.

Deep red-purple colour. Blueberry pie, vanilla, a layer of violet florals and generous spices on the nose. The steely tannins will become increasingly velvety with age, creating a lithe and smooth medium mouthfeel with a good acidity. Sweet cherry, raspberry and wild strawberry jam, sharp cranberry and a graphite-like mineral edge. Delicious long finish.

100% Gamay from a single hectare of over 90-years-old vines that were planted in 1926. The parcel's location is on the Morgon-Chiroubles border, at the end of the Corcelette valley. The terroir is historically known as Delys. The old, gnarled vines sit on a southeast-facing slope, planted at 10,000 vines per hectare. It is sable soil and one of the best situated in the appellation with yields sometimes as low as 15 hl/ha.

The harvest was done by hand and vinification with full clusters to extract all the organoleptic qualities. Fermentation with natural yeasts in concrete vats with two pump overs per day. Ageing in old foudres in a tiny cellar. No filtering before bottling.

Ageing potential: enjoy Daniel Bouland Morgon Les Delys for 15–20 years from vintage.

Bright & Easy Reds

Easy drinking red wines with bright fruit aromas and low tannins. The wines are often released without much aging in tank, oak barrels or bottle, and are meant to be drunk early

These wines typically can be nejoyed without food, and are usually served cooler. They can be light bodied wines like Beaujolais, or light extraction styles that do not emphasize tannin & color extraction

Carbonic Maceration

Carbonic maceration is a form of whole bunch fermentation, when whole bunches of uncrushed grapes ferment from the inside out. It traditionally requires an environment full of CO2, some winemakers allow a percentage of crushed grapes to ferment & release the CO2.
While a natural process, it has been adopted as a stylistic choice to make wines fruiter & soften their tannins