Chateau des Rontets, Saint-Amour, Cote de Besset

12.5% alcohol. Longish cork of fair density. Light bright colour. The nose is the best part of the wine, being aromatic and fresh, once the initial reduction has abetted. The mouth is along the same lines, with considerable purity of fruit (redcurrant), high acid and precious little flesh. This is a good representative of the fruity-hyper-light-hyper-natural school of Beaujolais, more successful than most but still not fully convincing for my palate. Very expensive for what it is, and accordingly not …