2022 Mommessin Moulin-à-Vent 'Grandes Mises'

Aromas of red currant, boysenberry, and strawberry stems integrate with savory notes of black tea, crushed stones, and purple blossoms. The palate is medium-bodied and beautifully concentrated, featuring a core of black raspberry, dark chocolate, and warm kitchen spices. It displays energetic, mineral-driven tannins and a vibrant acidity that leads to a long, structured finish marked by a distinct chalky texture.

This wine is crafted from 100% Gamay. The hand-harvested grapes are fully destemmed but left uncrushed, transferring to vats entirely by gravity. To mirror the Burgundian cellaring tradition, the fruit undergoes an extended 25-day maceration period utilizing rack-and-return techniques (délestage) and cap-punching to extract deep color and firm structural density. Following a gentle press, the liquid matures for 10 months on its fine lees in three-to-five-year-old French oak barrels before bottling.

The fruit is sourced from a single estate vineyard located in the Moulin-à-Vent AOC, widely considered the most powerful and age-worthy of the ten Cru Beaujolais appellations in France. The vineyard sits on a unique terroir composed of shallow, permeable pink granite soils rich in manganese. This specific mineral wealth naturally reduces vine yields and limits berry size, allowing the 54-year-old vines to yield highly concentrated fruit with a robust tannic structure and exceptional cellar potential.