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Hemmed by forest and stream, this is a beautiful place and the 40-plus-year-old, biodynamically-managed vines are rooted in pink granitic sand mixed through with limestone and clay; a soil known locally as ‘gore’. The Domaine is now taking advantage of the new laws in Beaujolais that allow for higher planting densities, and a new trellis has been set up to enable the team to run a taller canopy, “like Bize-Leroy” half-jokes Maxime Graillot. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis is a super-mineral wine with wild florals and forest fruits intertwined with smoky, rocky, hot stone notes. There are ample fine tannins, and a long, perfumed finish with just a pinch of complex, sauvage notes. It’s certainly a more powerful example of this terroir than usual as 50% of the yield was lost to hail resulting in more concentration and tannin. 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Rising from 260 metres on the Moulin-a-Vent border to 340 metres at the top of the slope, this steep hillside contains two mineral rich soil types: the vines at the top of the slope are on very poor soils of shallow granitic sand; then it becomes heavier in the Bas de Moriers with increasing clay concentration over the granite bedrock. Grégoire Hoppenot farms in both sectors, reserving the best fruit for this single-terroir bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eRecognising the power of this terroir, the winemaking incudes eight months in both large oak foudre and mature Burgundian barrels that have seen five vintages. In the right hands, Les Moriers gifts a Fleurie of singular intensity and aromatic detail, and that is what we have here. With layers of wild berry fruit wreathed in smoke and a long, slow-releasing finish, it’s the most intense and structured of this grower’s wines yet remains deliciously bright, silky and poised. 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