crus

But the region’s top wines, called beaujolais crus, are worth exploring year round.

Next were the premier crus, particularly good vineyards that not only expressed the traits of the village but added their own distinguishing attributes.

It makes a range of wines including several grand crus, the top of the Burgundy hierarchy.

It will be interesting to see whether the 2018s, particularly the premier crus and grand crus, develop more Chablis character as they age.

In the process, as the greatest wines, the grand crus, reached stratospheric prices, she fought against fetishizing them, promoting instead the region’s more earthbound, humble bottles to a world that looked only to the skies.