Domaine Les Capréoles - Beaujolais-Lantignié Alio Pacto 2020
15/20
RVF
92/100
James Suckling
"Another side of Beaujolais"
Produced from an old vineyard plot located on a vein of Lantignié microgranite, this cuvée was harvested for the first time in 2018 after several years ravaged by hail. With its nose of ripe red fruits, cherries in brandy, menthol and camphor, Alio Pacto offers a silky, dense wine with a lovely juice and a fresh finish. Its tannins are already silky, although it is easy to imagine that a few years will allow it to blossom even further. Discover another side of Beaujolais, a wine grown in a different way—alio pacto in Latin—for divine pleasure!
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Eye
Ruby
Nose
Intense ripe red fruit, cherries in brandy, menthol, camphor
Mouth
Silky, dense, juicy, with a fresh finish and already silky tannins, even though the wine still needs to age to reach its full potential. It will introduce you to another side of Beaujolais Cru, cultivated in a different way (alio pacto, in Latin), for a different kind of pleasure.
Serve
At 15-16°C
Drink before
2040
Guard
Up to 20 years old
Food and wine pairings
Pairs well with goose rillettes, brie fritters, soft-boiled eggs à la reine, andouillette sausage, and coq au vin.
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated estate (2024 guide) 3 stars (High-quality production, serving as a benchmark in its sector)
About the estate:
Cédric Lecareux and his wife Catherine founded the Capréoles estate in July 2014 with three hectares of adjacent vineyards, which were expanded by two hectares two years later. From Beaujolais-Villages to Cru Régnié, everything is highly recommended, with, in our opinion, more refined aging. A wonderful place to visit.
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated estate (2024 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the estate:
Cédric Lecareux—who arrived from Languedoc-Roussillon, where he worked for the Gérard Bertrand group—and his wife, originally from Beaujolais, bought this 250-year-old estate in 2014. They cultivate 8 hectares of organic vines planted like a garden around the property, with an exceptional view of the two bell towers of Régnié-Durette.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated 15/20 (2019 vintage) (Good wine)
Rated estate (2024 guide) Selected (Please note that this guide is a ranking and, as such, all the estates listed in it, even those without stars, represent, in our opinion, the excellence of French production.)
About the estate:
Cédric Lecareux is one of those new winemakers who are shaking up the Beaujolais region. After six harvests as technical director for a major Languedoc wine merchant, he moved to Régnié with his wife Catherine, an agricultural engineer like himself, to take over an abandoned estate. As soon as they arrived in 2014, they committed to organic certification, which was confirmed in 2017. Believers in the maxim "The rule is that there are no rules," they adapt their destemming and aging techniques each year.
James Suckling
Wine rated 92/100 (2019 vintage)
Rated estate (2023 guide) Recommended
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