2024 Anne-Sophie Dubois Fleurie “Les Cocottes”, Beaujolais, FranceABOUT THIS WINE She has mostly crafted her wines using de stemmed grapes and a more standard maceration fermentation process, as opposed to carbonic maceration, wherein whole grape clusters, with berries intact, are sealed up in a closed tank with CO2 to carry out their transformation into wine. Since 2015, however, Anne Sophie has produced Cocottes via carbonic maceration, her nod to tradition in Beaujolais cru villages like Fleurie. So, with

Wines are fermented with native yeasts using concrete vats to preserve fresh fruit character

They are pioneers in Champagne: among the very first to grow their own grapes

After harvest

enhanced by a nervy zip and a crack of chalky soil on their way to a notably long finish redolent of red fruit and sweet flowers

The Château dates to the 16th century

just behind Antoine Arena’s Carco from Patrimonio

Ready for tonight

30% of which was new

A perfect partner to Provençal fare—think grilled sea bass

great real estate is not the only key to Foillard’s success

Chateau La Dominique

The balance of alcohol and acidity was excellent and the health of the grapes was generally good