Boulay Sancerre 'Le Clos de Beaujeu' 2022

Clos de Beaujeu shows a ‘cool’ fruit profile, with a more linear shape to it when compared to the other wines in this release. While not under-ripe, flavours are along the lines of green grass, melon skin and green leaf. These are backed but a mineral sensation below the surface reminiscent of cool damp rock and crushed stone. – Ches Cook, FWC. 

Le Clos de Beaujeu is one of Boulay's 'blue-blood' historic sites. Boulay farms two parcels in this terroir, including one within the original Clos of this vineyard, established by the monks of Beaujeu in the Middle Ages. Vines on this slope of Kimmeridgian limestone and clay (terre blanches) are between 30 and an incredible 110 years old. The soils here are particularly rocky-limestone rich and strewn with fossils-like parts of Chablis in fact. These rocky soils make this a parcel that is very difficult to farm. A second, even steeper parcel at a 60 percent gradient lies closer to the village.

Vines on this slope of Kimmeridgian limestone and clay (terre blanches) sit between 30 and (a remarkable) 110 years old. The soils here are particularly rocky-limestone rich and strewn with fossils - making this parcel very difficult to farm. A second, even steeper parcel at a 60 per cent gradient lies closer to the village. Together, these south-east facing plots make the Clos de Beaujeu the source of some of the domaine's most structured and nervy wines. This cuvee is naturally fermented and raised in large, upright cask (60%) and three- and four-year-old 300-litre barrels (40%) for 10 months. Importer's notes.