{"product_id":"julien-sunier-fleurie-2021-750ml","title":"Julien Sunier Fleurie 2023 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Raised like a great red Burgundy, Julien Sunier's seductive Fleurie impresses with its purity. A nose of violets, iris, wild strawberries, and raspberries, while on the palate, freshness dominates combining purity and minerality. The domaine of Julien Sunier is one of the most exciting properties to come out of the Beaujolais in the last decade. In the Spring of 2008, Julien set out on his own to pursue his dream of establishing a domaine more in sync with his own ideas of organic viticulture and natural winemaking. He secured three hectares of densely planted, old-vine, high altitude parcels in the Cru villages of Fleurie, Morgon and Régnié. He converted all of these vineyards to organic viticulture, and is intent on spreading the gospel of natural viticulture with wild abandon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarvesting entirely by hand, Julien does whole cluster, indigenous yeast fermentations in concrete vats at low temperatures in an effort to preserve fresh fruit flavors and a delicate tannin structure. After the alcoholic fermentations are complete, the fruit is slowly and gently pressed over a 24-hour period using an ancient vertical press Julien acquired in the Côte D’Or. The wines are then aged for up to 11 months in 3 - 9 year old Burgundy hand-me-down barrels from his old friend, Christophe Roumier. The resulting wines are exceptionally pure, elegant and without artifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps it is the provenance of his barrels, but there is a bit of a Chambolle spirit that comes through in Sunier's wines (and perhaps a touch of Morey on the Morgon). They are at once bright, floral and high-toned but with an ethereal texture and a beguiling, long finish. While you would be hard pressed to try and delay the immediate gratification of drinking the wines young, they have the depth and balanced structure to reward medium-term cellaring. We look forward to his continued rise to the forefront of the region’s most compelling producers.\"~Distributor Notes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Julien Sunier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43894272983264,"sku":"115578","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/products\/julien-sunier-fleurie_1.jpg?v=1677594895","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/julien-sunier-fleurie-2021-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}