Domaine Chasselay Fleurie 'III', 2019

This wine is made from 100% Gamay from cru Fleurie in Beaujolais. We would pair it with a lobster and New York Strip surf and turf, a notoriously difficult thing to pair. The wine is made from plots in three separate climats: "La Levratière", "La Chapelle des Bois, and, as the winery says, a third one "whos name must not be pronounced. (It's Corcelette) - all with delicate granite soil. Fleurie is always a fresher and more delicate expression of Beaujolais, and that is certainly the case here. The wine is immediately bright with notes of rose petals and mint on the nose. The palate is bright with chalky raspberry and strawberry fruit, all too familiar to the Beaujolais.