Daniel Bouland Morgon Corcelette Sable Vieilles Vignes ‘21 1.5L

Daniel Bouland Morgon Corcelette Vieilles Vignes Sable is a standout Cru Beaujolais crafted from 60–70-year-old Gamay vines planted on sandy soils in Morgon. Fermented with a mix of large foudres and tanks, this organically farmed red is powerful yet refined, offering layers of red fruit, violet, spice, and flinty minerality. The wine is both elegant and structured, with ripe acids and chalky tannins that promise aging potential—though it's already expressive and compelling on release. 94 points (’21), Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate: One cuvée that really doesn't miss a beat in this more challenging vintage is the 2021 Morgon Corcelette Vieilles Vignes Sable, a medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy wine evocative of plums, sweet berries, spices and forest floor. Layered and concentrated, with an enveloping core of fruit and melting tannins, it will delight readers nostalgic for more classically proportioned Beaujolais. Daniel Bouland has turned out another very successful set of wines in this challenging vintage, which has delivered a cooler, brighter, lower-alcohol style, rendered with all the concentration and plenitude one has come to expect from this address. Bouland reported that fermentations went quickly, so macerations were a touch shorter than in recent years. As usual, maturation was in foudre and tank, and several cuvées had only been bottled a few weeks before my visit. This estate continues to represent a reference point for the Beaujolais, and everything reviewed here comes warmly recommended.