- Practicing organic
- From a single steep lieu-dit “Aux Cotes”
- 50+ year old vines
- Granite and clay soils
- East and southwest exposure
- Traditional semi-carbonic maceration
- Whole cluster
- Indigenous yeast
- Aged in 3-4 year old barrels
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2023
Country:
France
Region:
Beaujolais
Appellation:
Chiroubles
Variety:
Gamay
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | FR-MAR-12-23 | 12/750ml |
Press & Reviews
James Suckling
Score
91
Date
2025-02-20
"This medium-bodied, fresh and crisp red has aromas and flavors of fresh raspberries, red tea leaves and crushed stones. Mineral and chalky finish. Try in 2026."
Wine Advocate
Score
90
Date
2025-03-20
"A blend of young vines and 60-year-old vines, the 2023 Chiroubles Aux Côtes is juicy, following a rounded, ovoid progression with an expansive mid-palate flavored with accents of just-overripe raspberries, cherries, lilac petals and sweet spice, lifted with bright acidity. Fine-grained sandpaper tannins emerge more prominently on the back end, narrowing the wine and imparting a lingering textural residue."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2022
James Suckling
Score
92
Date
2024-03-14
"Fresh plums, blueberries, bark and crushed stone on the nose. It's medium-bodied, fresh and focused, with precise tannins and a mineral finish. Drink now or hold."
2022
Vinous
Score
90
Date
2024-04-23
"The 2022 Chiroubles Aux Côtes has a fresh, tidy, focused bouquet that unpacks pretty red berry fruit and damp earthy scents with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, a silver bead of acidity and a judicious pinch of white pepper on the finish. This is the pick of the cuvées from Domaine des Marrans this year."
2021
James Suckling
Score
92
Date
2023-02-01