This year’s Minouche comes from a wonderful parcel of vines between forty and sixty years old planted over pink granite in the Fleurie lieu-dit of La Madone, grown by Julie’s longtime friend Sylvain Chanudet. It is fascinating to see Julie apply her delicate touch to another vineyard in the region and this bears all the hallmarks of her best work. Compact and elegant, it impresses with soaring aromatics and a luminescent quality that makes for incredibly invigorating drinking.