Domaine Gregoire Hoppenot - Fleurie 'Les Moriers' Red 2024

Grape

100% Gamay

Tasting notes

The 2024 Domaine Grégoire Hoppenot Fleurie "Les Moriers" is a fresh, finely structured, muscular Cru Beaujolais with a Burgundian expression and strong aging potential, marked by vibrant red fruit aromas, fine-grained tannins, and a distinct granite-driven terroir.

Bright, intense carmine red in appearance. The nose is intense and vibrant, showing crunchy cranberry, red cherry, cherries in syrup, and a spicy whole-bunch character. On the palate it's energetic, precise, and full-flavored, driven by fresh forest berries, plummy red fruit, and a clear granite mineral imprint. The structure brings silky, fine-grained tannins with excellent tension and power, making this site richer than the estate's standard cuvées, and the finish is persistent, refined, and deeply satisfying.

More About The Winery 

Gregoire Hoppenot decided to start his own business at Les Roches in Fleurie, after years of experience in the wine business. His first wines were launched in 2018, and with success. His domain includes two slopes with very different characteristics, and between those slopes there is also a lot of diversity, variations in geology, aspects and exposures, and altitudes. He has five different 'climates' across the two slopes. The grapes for this wine come from the vineyards Les Garants and Les Roches. The first is really typical of Fleurie, poor granite soils with quartz are clearly visible here and have a special effect on the vines. The vines in Les Roches are deeper in the ground and dominated by granite and sand. The harvest is entirely manual in order to select the best grapes directly in the vineyard.

Named ‘Discovery of the Year’ in 2021’s Revue des Vins de France, Grégoire Hoppenot installed himself in Fleurie following two years as director of the Chapoutier-owned Maison Trénel in Beaujolais. Grégoire has leased nine hectares, along with a small plot in Morgon, which comprises several enviable parcels: Les Moriers, Les Garants, Poncie, La Roilette and Les Roches in Fleurie, and Corcelette in Morgon. Grégoire is meticulous and gentle in both vineyards and cellar. He describes his winemaking as ‘intuitive’, using indigenous yeasts and low sulphur, and practises organic farming in the vineyard.