Bottle of Célia & David Large Dos Argenté Beaujolais-Villages AOC Blanc 2023 Organic
France · Beaujolais · Beaujolais-Villages

Dos Argenté 2023

Célia & David Large

A white Beaujolais — yes, it exists, and it's lovely.

Open it when…

Aperitif Weeknight

Tastes like

pear · white flowers · fresh lemony bite

Feels like

crisp, bright, refreshing

CHF 26.00
CHF 26.00
CHF 34.67/L
VAT included
75cl only

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GrapesChardonnay
Serve10-12
Decant30m
DrinkNow-2029

Emeric's note

A light lunch in the shade

Taste profile

The wine's soundboard.

Tall bars, big wine. Low bars, easy wine.

The story

Behind the bottle

Célia and David Large name their wines after films, games and cult series, but their farming in Montmelas is serious: organic, by hand, on steep granite slopes.

Dos Argenté is named for David's father, who planted these Chardonnay vines in 1990. Half of it is aged in oak, with no fining and no filtration.

A Beaujolais white that people mistake for Burgundy. Very special, and unique.

— Emeric

Where it comes from

Célia & David Large portrait

The maker

Célia & David Large

“Every wine is born from a specific place. We work parcel by parcel, with a focus on highlighting the unique character of each terroir — for both reds and whites.”

Founded
2012
Hectares
8.5
Generation
2
Farming
Organic
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Beaujolais map

The place

Beaujolais

Just south of Mâcon, Beaujolais is Gamay country. On pink granite and schist in the north, the ten Crus — Morgon, Fleurie, Moulin-à-Vent and the rest — make structured, mineral reds that age beautifully; the flatter clay-limestone south gives bright, gulpable village wine. It was here that the modern natural-wine movement took root in the 1980s. ~14,000 ha.

Climate
Semi-continental, warming southward
Altitude
200-500 m
Classification
AOCs
SoilsPink GraniteBlue GraniteSchistClay-Limestone
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Best season to open it

Spring Light lunches in the shade.
Summer Fish and vegetables.

AutumnWinter

Have it with

Fish
🍽️ Vegetarian
Cheese

Press play

Iron & Wine, Naked as We Camequiet afternoon.
  1. 01 Iron & Wine – Naked as We Came— soft
  2. 02 Sufjan Stevens – Chicago— bright
  3. 03 Andrew Bird – Pulaski at Night— curious
Nerd mode 🔬 Soils, grapes, cellar, serving — for the truly curious

…I warned you. 😄

Terroir & craft

◆SoilsPink Granite, Blue Granite, Schist, Clay-Limestone
◆Altitude200-500 m
◆GrapesChardonnay
◆Blend100% Chardonnay
◆CellarChardonnay planted in 1990 by David's father, on a high parcel above 400 m
◆CellarDirect pressing
◆Cellar50% aged in barrel, unfined, sulphites only at bottling
◆ÉlevageHalf aged in oak barrels
🌿CertificationsOrganic

Serving

◆Serve at10-12
◆GlassStandard
◆Decant30m
◆DrinkNow-2029
Célia & David Large cellar

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