Saint Cyr Chenas ‘Les Journets’ 2018 1,5L
| Weight | 5 kg |
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| Dimensions | 15 × 15 × 50 cm |
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| RP | 92 |
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| Vintage | 2018 |
| Volume | 1,5 |
ROBERT PARKER “Scents of jammy black berries and licorice preface the 2018 Chénas Les Journets, a fleshy, rich and medium to full-bodied wine with powdery tannins and impressively lively acids for so gourmand a wine in so warm a vintage.”
Raphael Saint-Cyr is delighted with his 2018 vintage. “It’s all fruit, fruit, fruit!” he exclaims. Saint-Cyr is increasingly committed to strict carbonic maceration for all his friends, and even his Chénas Blémonts and Morgon Charmes are headed in that direction. “I don’t know what pigeage is any more,” he joked. That’s indicative of a wholesale embrace of unabashed drinkability, a choice that’s apparent in all of these expressive, immediate wines. Working with minimal sulfur dioxide, this might not be Beaujolais built for the long haul, but since it’s so pleasurable on release, who is complaining? Certainly, Saint-Cyr is a dynamic force in the southern Beaujolais—something that’s sorely needed.