Théo Dancer’s Gamay is sourced from an organic grower in Chiroubles. The winemaking remains the same as previous releases, with the grapes fully destemmed and the wine fermented and matured in amphora and old cask. It’s interesting to note that Dancer’s fellow Burgundian, Benoît Moreau, also makes Chiroubles using a similar, non-carbonic technique. The belief is that a longer, ‘Pinot-like’ fermentation allows the wine to transmit more of its site. Either way, the result is impressive, with lovely purity and gorgeous aromatics. In simple terms, this is an infusion-style Gamay, with a bright, red-fruited personality, all kinds of berries and floral notes but with ink and anise kicking on the finish to remind us, along with the length and the fine powdery tannins, that this is a serious wine! About as classy and fine as Beaujolais gets.
Critic Reviews
93 POINTS
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front
The fruit source is from Chiroubles. Organic grown. A springy wine of pep and vigour from a Burgundy-based, younger gen producer. Some amphora used alongside older wood.
Slurpy texture with a good deal of crunch and crispness at its rims. All the tart, red cherry vibrancy, haze and crunch of proper cranberry juice, a touch of white mushroom, smoked paprika spice, light, charry wood gentle as a seasoning. A riff of silty tannin, terracotta-like, finish the wine, albeit not too drying. Just so. A distinctly elegant feel.
93 POINTS
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front
"Slurpy texture with a good deal of crunch and crispness at its rims. All the tart, red cherry vibrancy, haze and crunch of proper cranberry juice, a touch of white mushroom, smoked paprika spice, light, charry wood gentle as a seasoning. A riff of silty tannin, terracotta-like, finish the wine, albeit not too drying. Just so. A distinctly elegant feel." 93 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
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Tasting Notes
Théo Dancer’s Gamay is sourced from an organic grower in Chiroubles. The winemaking remains the same as previous releases, with the grapes fully destemmed and the wine fermented and matured in amphora and old cask. It’s interesting to note that Dancer’s fellow Burgundian, Benoît Moreau, also makes Chiroubles using a similar, non-carbonic technique. The belief is that a longer, ‘Pinot-like’ fermentation allows the wine to transmit more of its site. Either way, the result is impressive, with lovely purity and gorgeous aromatics. In simple terms, this is an infusion-style Gamay, with a bright, red-fruited personality, all kinds of berries and floral notes but with ink and anise kicking on the finish to remind us, along with the length and the fine powdery tannins, that this is a serious wine! About as classy and fine as Beaujolais gets.