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Diochon, Moulin-a-Vent Vieilles Vignes, 2024

Red Wine from Beaujolais, France
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This is the kind of old-vine, whole-cluster, unfined-and-unfiltered Beaujolais that everyone claims to want right now — and somehow nobody hunts for it, which is exactly why we keep selling it. Diochon makes one wine and one wine only, year in and year out: old-vine Moulin-à-Vent from parcels planted in 1920, 1950 and the 1960s, fermented in whole clusters in concrete with only minute doses of sulfur. The cuvée exists because Kermit Lynch tasted a single cask of old-vine wine here in 1984 and paid a premium to buy it pure rather than let it get blended away into the rest of the cellar; he's been importing it for close to forty years since. Bernard Diochon, who took over from his father in 1967, put the house style bluntly: "I like tannic wines without heaviness; with fruit and floral aromas." When he wanted to retire in 2007 with no heirs, he named Thomas Patenôtre his successor, and Patenôtre still farms the five hectares — vines between 50 and 90 years old — and makes the wine the way it has been made since 1935. Moulin-à-Vent is the cru that gives Beaujolais its most structured, longest-lived reds; this is one of its least fashionable bargains.

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More about Diochon

Bernard Diochon spent decades as one of Beaujolais' most respected growers, making traditional Moulin-à-Vent from 50- to 85-year-old vines on pink granite and sandstone over manganese-rich subsoil. Thomas Patenôtre now carries the torch. Grapes are hand-harvested, never chaptalized, and fermented whole-cluster, semi-carbonic style for about twelve days in cement vats, then aged in oak foudres and bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur. Muscular, mineral and age-worthy Beaujolais the old way.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Gamay

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Fruity

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant has to say about this wine:

Blend: Gamay

Appellation: Moulin-à-Vent

Country:France

Region: Beaujolais

Producer:Domaine Diochon

Winemaker:Thomas Patenôtre

Vineyard: 50 - 85 years, 5.05 ha

Soil: Pink granite, sandstone, with a manganese-rich subsoil

Farming: Lutte Raisonnée

Alcohol:13%

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast chicken with thyme, coq au vin, steak frites, grilled duck breast, lentils with sausage, or a burger; also sturdy enough for braised short ribs and washed-rind cheeses like Reblochon.

Tasting Profile

Deeply colored and fuller-bodied than most Beaujolais, with cherry and darker berry fruit, a savory, earthy edge and notes of iron and smoke. The texture is silky, there's real tannin but it's well integrated, and acidity keeps it lively rather than heavy. Finishes dry and savory. Drinking well now with a little time open in the glass or a decant.

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