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Bottle of Anne-Sophie Dubois Fleurie l'Alchimiste 2023-Red Wine-Flatiron SF

Anne-Sophie Dubois Fleurie l'Alchimiste 2023

Red Wine from Beaujolais, France
by Anne-Sophie Dubois
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In Anne-Sophie Dubois’s hands, Fleurie is never about charm for charm’s sake. L’Alchimiste—her most structured cuvée—is built from older vines on granite soils, and while it carries the fragrance of Fleurie, it moves with more gravity. There's tension here. Thoughtfulness. A sense of slow transformation that justifies its name.

The 2023 vintage was handled with partial whole cluster and a gentle touch, fermented naturally and raised in neutral oak. The result isn’t showy, but it glows—fine tannins, cool mineral lift, and a savory, herbal edge that gives the wine its signature quiet depth.

This isn’t the Fleurie of fast pours and chillable reds. It’s the one you sit with. The one that unfolds over hours, not minutes. The one that reminds you how much Gamay can say when it’s trusted.

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Anne-Sophie Dubois is a Beaujolais star. She makes some of the most Burgundian Gamay We've ever tried, age-worthy Fleuries that ooze the confidence and style of those great Pinot Noirs. The crazy thing is, she’s only been making wine for about 6 or 7 years, and she’s already a master of her craft. She draws her own beautiful wine labels, too.

Anne Sophie grew up in Champagne and cut her winemaking teeth in Volnay. Those early experiences as well as her fondness for the wines of the revered Henri Jayer greatly influenced her approach to winemaking. Most Cru Beaujolais traditionally utilizes whole clusters and semi-carbonic fermentation, a method that endows the wines with tell-tale fruity and bouncy qualities. Although we adore the wines of Foillard, Lapierre, and Métras, there's something about Dubois that grasps you in a very different way.

Her approach of de-stemmed Gamay and traditional Burgundian fermentation provide more structure and definition than the norm. While her wines retain a fresh and bostrious fruit profile, they are uncommonly structured and focused. It’s a style we absolutely adore.

The wines are reminiscent of Gevrey -Chambertin; intense yet supremely elegant, abounding in blackberry, lavender, and strawberry flavors with velvet ribbon-like texture and fine-point tannins. Add that to the unique, granitic mineral profile of Fleurie. What more can be asked of Gamay.

Along with these more “serious” Anne-Sophie employs the traditional whole cluster fermentation of her adopted to make a couple of cuvees that are distilled joy.

Professional Reviews

Antonio Galloni

AG 91
"The 2022 Meursault Désirée has much more intensity on the nose than the Clos-de-la-Barre, well-defined with dried white flowers and a touch of candle wax. The palate is well-balanced with a slightly honeyed texture, forward and generous with low acidity on the finish. This looks set to be one of the Domaine's earlier drinking cuvées." -Neal Martin

Robert Parker

RP 92
"The 2022 Meursault Désirée is another lovely rendition of this cuvée, offering up aromas of peach, pear, orange oil, white flowers and buttery pastry. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and fleshy, it's pure and racy, concluding with an aromatic finish. As readers may remember, it hails from a warm site near Santenots, just below Meursault's campground." -William Kelley

Jancis Robinson

JR 16.5
"Cask sample. Mid lemon. Ripe apples, peach. Open and showing a little Meursault opulence. Dry on the finish. Fresh, balanced acidity. Length."

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Gamay

  • Vintage

    2023

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Earthy , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied