Clos de Ponchon - Dufour Père & Fils Régnié

When reaching for this bottle I missed the words "vieilli en fût de chêne" and suffered for my carelessness. The wine was medium/full bodied with ripe plum fruit, some earthy minerals, decent acidity and quite strong tannic backbone within which lurked dry caramel notes contributed by the oak. While I think that in couple more years this oak presence may become integrated to a degree acceptable for me, this sort of "importance" is not what I want from Beaujolais. Just …