originally posted by Ben Hunting:
At the recent Chamonard dinner at Reynard, I had the chance to talk a little with Jean-Claude Chanudet. He felt that the 2012 Morgon was "for drinking now" and that the 2011 was for the very long-term. (The 2007 we drunk at the dinner and that's mentioned above was wonderful, incredibly aromatic; as was, of course, the more widely available 1998.)
I asked Chanudet if his Fleurie might one day be imported to the U.S. and he said it hadn't been done yet because of the small quantities made, might be in the future. (I know that Vine Trail has the Fleurie in the U.K.)
Of other interest is the Beaujolais section of this write-up of a trip there and elsewhere by some San Francisco wine buyers:
