Domaine Chignard Julienas Beauvernay, Beaujolais, France 2018 Grower Champagne crystalline and complex bouquet with

crystalline and complex bouquet with lovely ripe and intense fruit aromas and more flinty-mineral notes than the regular Spätlese

and a hint of ginger

They didn't produce the 2017 vintage of the single-vineyard wine from some of their oldest vines

following through to firm tannins and freshness at the finish

lingers for a long time

Domaine Chignard Julienas Beauvernay, Beaujolais, France 2018 Grower Champagne crystalline and complex bouquet withThis shows so much bright, grapey fruit with citrus undertones. Granite and ash undertones. Medium to full body. Vivid acidity and focus. Reminds me of the excellent 2015, but slightly more acidity tension. 93 Pts James Suckling