Domaine de la Chapelle des Bois

Located in the heart of the Fleurie cru, Domaine de la Chapelle des Bois comprises nine hectares of vines, primarily in Fleurie, but augmented by smaller holdings in Chiroubles and Morgon. Chantal and Eric Coudert-Appert, the seventh generation to work the land, produce the wine here. In the vineyards, Chantal and Eric followed the principles of lutte raisonnée, treating only when absolutely necessary in order to rescue a crop. Their tried-and-true no-fuss cellar methods, spontaneous fermentation, traditional semi-carbonic maceration in cement vats, and aging in large 50-year-old wooden casks, produced Beaujolais of vivid fruit, terrific freshness, and structure enough to develop well in bottle. 

Chantal and Eric retired after the 2017 vintage, and their successor Frederic Montangeron, a local with years of experience at his own family’s winery, continues in the very same vein as Chantal and Eric, producing honest Beaujolais using skilled farming and a less-is-more approach to vinification and aging.