Julien Sunier Régnié Cru Beaujolais Magnum 2017

Name: Julien Sunier Régnié Cru Beaujolais Magnum 2017
SKU: JS17REGMAG
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$135.00 inc. GST

AROMA: Black cherries, apricot, violet and spice, granite minerality.

PALATE: Lovely from the first pour. With air, the fruit rounds out bringing on more florals, violets, and incense through the long, complex finish.

FOOD MATCH: Patés & terrines.

Grape Variety: Gamay
Drinking window: 2025-2030+
Alc. 12,50%

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Description

Julien Sunier has gone from being rising star to firmly established as one of the best producers in Beaujolais. Following in the footsteps of pioneers like his friends Marcel Lapierre and Jean-Paul Thévenet he works organically and biodynamically in the vineyard and naturally in the winery. Julien now has 7.5 hectares of organically farmed vines in Regnié, Fleurie and Morgon. When I first visited him in 2016, he emphasised how hard it is to work organically in Beaujolais, and just how back breaking the work can be. ‘We have opportunities to rent because people are getting old,’ says Julien, who talks much more than his younger brother. ‘Young people are beginning to arrive in Beaujolais. It’s pretty trendy and we have a good group of natural winemakers, but when you see the size of the vineyard, we need the young generation to come here.’

He says that organics is rare in Beaujolais because the vineyards are difficult to manage. The issue is manual weed control with the densely planted bush vines. ‘We are very proud to farm organically,’ he says. ‘It is almost double the cost in the vineyard but our price isn’t twice as much. In his small winery he works semi-carbonically (starting off fermentation carbonically but later pumping over and plunging as you would do in Burgundy), believing that full carbonic can risk losing the terroir. He only adds sulfur dioxide at bottling. Julien’s wines are really elegant and expressive. They have purity and express their terroirs really well.

1500ml bottle. (Must be ordered in quantities of 6)

This Beaujolais’ cru, often underestimated, does not have ashamed of its neighbor Morgon. Our Régnié comes from a separate and complementary types of land, a composite of deep granitic sand bringing greediness, friendliness and the other of stony soils of ancient alluvium spicy notes and structure to the wine.

Vineyard: Situated at the base of the Cote du Py hillside on edge of the Morgon appellation, this parcel of 1.1 hectares is known as En Oeillat and has an average vine age of 60 years.

Orientation: Southern oriented.

Soil: Sanded and pink granite, clay sub-soil

Viticulture: Organic farming, harvesting done entirely by hand.

Vinification: Indigenous yeast fermentations in concrete vats at low temperatures, to preserve fresh fruit avors and a delicate tannic structure. After fermentations are complete, fruit is slowly pressed, over a 24 hour period, using an ancient vertical press Julien acquired in the Côte D’Or.

Ageing: 20% aged in cement and 80% in neutral French barrels.

Additional Information

brand	Julien Sunier
size	1500mL
vintage	2017

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Reviews / Awards / Ratings

THE Winefront

Julien Sunier Régnié Cru Beaujolais 2017 – 93 / 100 Points

Average age of vines is 60 years old, and the wine is raised in cement (20%), the remainder in 10 year old barrels. I drink a lot more Beaujolais than I do Burgundy, thus further cementing my reputation as a ‘man of the people’. Pretty thing, with cherry and apricot, violet and spice. It’s bright and juicy, red and yellow stone fruits, gentle but tightly packed tannin, delicacy and moderate length. It’s a wine of joy and easy charm. Lovely.”

– Gary Walsh

Robert Parker

Julien Sunier Régnié Cru Beaujolais 2017 – 93 / 100 Points

“Confriming its superb performance last year, the 2017 Régnié delivers a lovely bouquet of raspberries, peonies and red plums. On the palate, it’s medium to full-bodied, velvety and multidimensional, with a deep and layered core, powdery tannins and excellent concentration, concluding with a beautifully defined finish. This is very good and well worth seeking out.”

– Robert Parker

Jancis Robinson

Julien Sunier Régnié Cru Beaujolais 2017 – 17 / 20 Points

“One plot on sand and one on alluvion – had to blend because of hail. Aged nine months in 10- to 15-year-old barrels from Roumier (which he got free) and from Dom de la Vougeraie. They usually blend in some tank wine but they had to make sure the barrels were filled in this small vintage. SO2 10 mg/l at bottling to ‘reassure importers’. Vintage was dry, and then they had hail, so there was not much pulp in the berries. Some smoky reduction and a dusty rocky overlay. Savoury spice but not in the least oaky. Firm and really chewy. Dry, compact texture and very mineral. Dark-red fruit, almost chalky in its dryness. Long and refined. Super-dry and needs food. Fresh and so stony/rocky in its attractively dry finish.”

– Jancis Robinson