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QUINCIÉ-EN BEAUJOLAIS
Intense colours and good acidity

The harvests

Winter 2019-2020 was the warmest in France since
the beginning of the 20th century. There was no
hard frost at all. Very fine grapes that are extremely
aromatic with variable quantities. Intense colour and
good acidity.
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18 August: the harvest begins with the Côte de
Brouilly (21 days ahead of 2019!)
20 August: Beaujolais Village. Initial tastings
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28 August: the whole Beaujolais region is hard at work.
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19 September: the harvest finishes. ‘It’s a journey through the senses that’s intense and
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This year has been marked by tremendous diversity complex, a real pleasure for the taste buds, with
between different plots, these having reacted differently aromas of raspberry, cherry, morello cherry and even
to the extreme weather conditions. Some plots have pear! It’s a real delight to test the must with all the
lost a lot of juice, others have coped marvellously well! gorgeous colours it exhibits!
As a result, key variables are different from one wine Our Beaujolais’ aromatic palette is a broad one,
to another. Potential alcohol fluctuates between 12° ranging from raspberry liqueur, ripe Burlat cherries
and 15°. The Gamays have good aromatic potential in syrup, smooth crème de cassis and wild blueberry
with a thick epicuticular wax layer (bloom). to floral notes of violet, iris and peony, liquorice and
dark chocolate. Mouth-filling despite high levels of
This year we have favoured destemming with long acidity in some cases. The wines are supple, round
maceration periods to really bring out the elegance of and smooth, well-structured with supple, silky tannins.
this vintage. Obviously, the traditional semi-carbonic An elegant vintage in the making.’
maceration approach used in tandem with vendange
entière is still called for to draw out our Gamay’s LYDIE NESME
aromatic subtlety, not to mention hot pre-fermentative
maceration to extract as much colour as possible
from the grapes that were most affected by drought.

12 Boisset La Famille des Grands Vins - www.boisset.com - Special Issue - The 2020 Vintage