Daniel Bouland

Producteur des très grande qualité (ONE OF ONLY FIVE IN BEAUJOLAIS)
This tiny wine grower of the hamlet of Corcelette (note the first name as there are numerous Boulands in the area!) has seduced us for a few years now with his concentrated and textured Morgons. The fruit weight in no way masks the almost wild minerality of the soil. These wines have an intensity that can only come from old vines that are impeccably cultivated. Le Classement, La Revue du vin de France

Among the new generation of top-class Beaujolais producers, Bouland produces elegant but decidedly concentrated, ageworthy wines from mostly extremely old, organically farmed vines. He makes his wine by the traditional Beaujolais method, meaning whole clusters fermented in open-top stainless steel and concrete vats, with native yeasts, followed by aging in large, used oak casks before bottling without fining or filtration. Production here is small as Bouland owns just under four hectares of vineyards, total. JOSH RAYNOLDS

It’s clear by now that Daniel Bouland is one of Beaujolais’ major as well as most consistent talents. DAVIDSCHILDKNECHT