From Pinot Meunier vines planted in the Daphne vineyard in 1979, the 2015 Pinot Meunier is pale to medium ruby-purple in color with a nose of warm raspberry and strawberry jam, baked cranberries, blueberry, red and blue flowers and touches of prosciutto. Light to medium-bodied, it’s wonderfully fresh with pure flavors of warm red and blue fruits and cascades of flowers in the mouth. It’s so, so juicy and mouthwatering, with fine, grainy tannins and savory touches coming through on the very long finish. This puts most Beaujolais to shame. 100 cases were produced. This will be the last vintage of the Pinot Meunier made exclusively with old vines—beginning in 2016, some fruit from young vines will be included.