Jacques Charlet

Beaujolais négociant working Rhône and Mâconnais — Châteauneuf, Crozes, Pouilly-Vinzelles under one roof.

Jacques Charlet bottles across the eastern French map — Châteauneuf-du-Pape (Les Clefs d'Or), Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Pouilly-Vinzelles (Les Mûriers), Chénas (Les Philibons), and a Beaujolais-Villages Primeur program all carry the label. Grapes run from Grenache and Mourvèdre in the south through Syrah in the northern Rhône to Chardonnay in the Mâconnais and Gamay back in Beaujolais. Seventy-nine wines covers a lot of ground; the cru and named-parcel bottlings are where the quality consolidates rather than the regional tier. Four prestige critics rate the range, with scores clustering high 80s on the named-parcel reds.