Vintage Character Domaine Boris Champy Chénas 2022 is a Cru Beaujolais from the smallest of the ten crus, an appellation known for giving Gamay a particularly floral yet structured expression. The 2022 vintage was warm and dry across Beaujolais, bringing healthy fruit and concentrated flavors, and in a well-sited cru like Chénas this translated into both charm and definition. Its character is shaped by granitic soils, often mixed with manganese and pockets of clay, on rolling hillside parcels that help preserve freshness while lending the wine its lifted perfume and fine mineral edge.
Tasting Profile & Food Pairing The wine shows vivid aromas of wild strawberry, raspberry, red cherry and crushed peony, with hints of violet, white pepper and a subtle stony note. On the palate it is supple but precise, with juicy acidity, light-to-medium body, silky tannins and a savory finish that carries both floral delicacy and gentle spice. This is the kind of Cru Beaujolais that pairs beautifully with roast chicken, duck breast with cherries, or grilled miso-glazed eggplant.
Winery Background Domaine Boris Champy is better known in the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune, where Boris Champy took over the former Didier Montchovet estate and continued its biodynamic direction with a strong emphasis on biodiversity and living soils. Drawing on experience at estates including Louis Latour, Dominus and Clos des Lambrays, he applies the same thoughtful, low-intervention philosophy to selected Beaujolais parcels: careful farming, hand-harvesting, and restrained cellar work designed to let site and vintage speak clearly. That combination of Burgundian precision, biodynamic conviction and small-scale production makes this a distinctive, terroir-driven Chénas.