The Lafarge family’s bottling of Chiroubles hails from the single vineyard lieu à dit of Bel Air, which lies on the Fleurie border. Like all of their 2024s, this wine was completely destemmed this year. It offers up a lovely nose of red and black cherries, gamebird, a fine base of dark soil tones, a nice touch of brown spices and just a touch of youthful white pepper in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and tangy, with a fine core of fruit, good soil undertow and grip, just a bit of backend tannin and a long, complex and nicely balanced finish. This will definitely benefit from at couple of years in the cellar to let its tannins soften up properly. 2028- 2045.