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| Drinking window: Drink between 2005 and 2013 (based on 11 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.4 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 46 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Bob & Sue Atlanta on 9/8/2019 & rated 89 points: Found this oddity in the cellar. Opened it to pour it out, but surprise surprise it is still alive. Actually quite good. Held up for a few days. Who woulda thunk? (420 views) | | | Tasted by dlduchon on 11/13/2017 & rated 85 points: Undrinkable when opened, it became much better the second day and was drinkable. Over the hill and tired. I have had other Beaujolais of the vintage at the age that were far more interesting to drink. (473 views) | | | Tasted by schaden43 on 6/30/2015 & rated 82 points: Past its time (865 views) | | | Tasted by schaden43 on 5/28/2015 & rated 85 points: Burnt orange color. Lots of sediment. Not going to get any better. (881 views) | | | Tasted by GSW on 5/21/2013 & rated 91 points: Last of my bottles. Again, what an usual year 2003 was for beaujolais. This is still a lovely wine. Smooth as silk and just wonderful. Has to be one of the best QPRs ever. (1391 views) | | | Tasted by roasted hill on 3/13/2013: Cru beaujolais. Drink up! (1137 views) | | | Tasted by yui on 2/24/2010 & rated 89 points: still a lot of fruit (raspberries), tannic. a few hours latter more integrated. nice (1764 views) | | | Tasted by JavaMonkey on 6/18/2009 & rated 86 points: Still very nice. Raspberries with a little earthy tobacco on the nose. The palate is still fairly bright. Very smooth and integrated. Moderate, enjoyable finish. A very pleasant bottle. (1703 views) | | | Tasted by Hi-Ho-Silver on 12/3/2008 & rated 88 points: Very smooth with rather dark fruit for a Beaujolais. (1937 views) | | | Tasted by Lukeout on 10/15/2008: Elegant wine that's holding up great. Wish I had more. Agree with the Pinot-like notes from others. (1433 views) | | | Tasted by GSW on 4/2/2008 & rated 88 points: Such an unusual Beaujolais given the heat of 2003. Dark garnet/purple with a nose of cherry, raspberry and a peppery note. Similar tart palate and unexpected structure and tannin. Medium finish. Hard to beat the QPR, all things considered. (1624 views) | | | Tasted by roasted hill on 2/24/2008: Dark. Sour cherry nose. Raspberry and a hint of prune, with a dusty finish. (1557 views) | | | Tasted by JavaMonkey on 10/15/2007 & rated 88 points: A very pleasant bottle. The nose is mostly raspberries. Bright, fresh berries on the palate. There's not a lot of structure or depth behind it, but the fruit is so engaging and enjoyable, I'm willing to forgive it it's simplicity. (1823 views) | | | Tasted by Lukeout on 10/12/2007: A little more dusty and earthy than last time. Still good fruit to boot. Liking it better than last bottle. (1781 views) | | | Tasted by bon vivant on 6/22/2007 & rated 89 points: Dark concentrated and still a bit primary -give it few more years.... (2019 views) | | | Tasted by MLwine on 5/8/2007 & rated 88 points: Perfectly pleasant but lacking in fruit and structure. Gamay nose. Slightly tart. Fairly simple wine. (1974 views) | | | Tasted by Lukeout on 5/4/2007: a year since last bottle. Profile changed a lot after an hour. Creamy, but not heavy mouthfeel. Strawberries and a bit of spice. Seemed more Pinot Noir than Beaujolias. I really enjoyed this wine. (1970 views) | | | Tasted by Wayne Richmon on 4/26/2007 & rated 88 points: This was my second bottle. Consistant tasting notes for both. Very light and smooth very much like a good inexpensive Pinot Noir. (2000 views) | | | Tasted by gbauer on 11/28/2006: Still very nice at the price. Beaujolais that remembers it's in Burgundy. Good fruit and more structure that one would expect the '03 continue to perform nicely. (2228 views) | | | Tasted by roasted hill on 11/27/2006: Darker than violet, and translucent. New mown clover, wildflower nose. Strawberry and red fruit. Smooth and a short finish but great qpr. (2225 views) | | | Tasted by TripDaddy on 11/23/2006 & rated 88 points: not bad. But drink up. Kind of a taking on an odd note, but in a good way. (2648 views) | | | Tasted by gbauer on 8/23/2006: Gamay red fruit nose. Strawberry, fruit -- but somehow a little too much alcohol at this point. Will it resolve/integrate over time? (2437 views) | | | Tasted by Lukeout on 4/10/2006: Strongish acids. Nice strawberry (?) and other red fruit along with spice. Light compared to what I've been drinking lately and unique. Will let the rest go for at least 1-2 years. Should be fun to watch it develop. (2946 views) | | | Tasted by MJHDC on 4/2/2006 & rated 90 points: Drinking well. Ruby, light purple color. Lots of pomegranate, blueberry, and rhubarb. Tart, but perfect slightly chilled and with our grilled pork tenderloin and chard. (2854 views) | | | Tasted by dougsmith on 3/14/2006 & rated 89 points: Medium ruby color. Nose of tart red fruits, flowers and a little sweet spice, as well as some minerality. On the palate this has got a strong acid backbone with good full presence in the mouth and lots of tart red fruit. The acid presence can be a tad overbearing, so a bit of chill is a good thing. (2695 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Beaujolais Vins du Beaujolais (L’Union des Vignerons du Beaujolais)
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Wine Scholar Guild Vintage Chart & Ratings
# 2009 Vintage Notes:
"There will be a lot of absolutely delicious Beaujolais to try in 2009, as it is indeed a very good, atypically ripe and opulent vintage for Beaujolais. As others here have mentioned, the Louis-Dressner and Kermit Lynch portfolios cover many of the very best estates (with an honorable mention for importer Weygandt-Metzler), and just choosing from their strip labels is a very good jumping off point. As a quick primer, the three best Beaujolais and Beaujolais-Villages producers that I regularly cross paths with are the aformentioned Jean-Paul Brun and his Domaine Terres Dorées, Pierre Chermette of Domaine du Vissoux and Domaine Dupeuble from the Kermit Lynch's portfolio. I also find the Beaujolais-Villages from Joseph Drouhin consistently excellent and very classic in style and like all of this firm's Beaujolais, a completely underrated source for very top drawer Crus and B-Villages.
Amongst the Cru Beaujolais, it is important to keep in mind(again as folks have mentioned already) that certain villages tend to produce much more structured wines, and this will be very evident in a powerful vintage like 2009. In general terms, the wines from Moulin-a-Vent, Morgon and Cote de Brouilly are going to demand a bit of bottle age to really start to drink well in 2009, and these may not be the best growers to focus on when tasting through the vintage to draw your own conclusions. But in these appellations, if you keep in mind that what you are tasting is likely going to need five years of bottle age to really blossom from these crus, you cannot go wrong with Kermit Lynch's "Gang of Five" producers- Thevenet, Lapierre, Foillard, Breton are four of the five- as well as Georges Descombes and Louis et Claude Desvignes from Louis-Dressner. I also like very much the Morgons made by Louis Jadot and Joseph Drouhin for the big houses, and Jean-Paul Brun also makes a very good example of Morgon.
In Moulin-a-Vent, Louis Jadot's Chateau des Jacques makes a very good range- though always structured when young- and Bernard Diochon is excellent year in and year out. Pierre Chermette also makes superb Moulin-a-Vent and the Drouhin version is consistently exceptional. In Cote de Brouilly, the two most exciting producers are Nicole Chanrion and Chateau Thivin (both represented by Kermit Lynch). The Chanrion is usually very accessible out of the blocks for this very stony terroir (it is an extinct volcano), while the Chateau Thivin bottlings demand time and are usually tight and structured when young. Better to try the delicious straight Brouilly from Chateau Thivin if you want to drink one of their wines out of the blocks, as that never demands patience and is lovely.
In the less structured Cru villages, wines I particularly like are the aformentioned Clos de la Roilette in Fleurie (they are the Chateau Yquem of the village- though their vines are right on the Moulin-a-Vent border and the wine used to be sold as Moulin-a-Vent before the AOC went into effect, so they are a bit more structured than most Fleuries), Cedric Chignard, Jean-Paul Brun and Pierre Chermette are all very, very good sources. Domaine Diochon in Moulin-a-Vent also makes a good Fleurie, as does Joseph Drouhin. In general these will be more floral, open and sappy bottles of Beaujolais out of the blocks and they will be delicious from the get-go.
In St. Amour, Domaine des Billards makes absolutely brilliant wines and is one of my favorite producers in all of Beaujolais. In Julienas, Michel Tete is the star producer, but I also like the Drouhin bottling from here very well indeed. There are many more outstanding bottlings to be found scattered thorughout the crus and I am sure that I am forgetting several worthy estates, but this at least will give you a good "to do" list to get started with the vintage. The only '09s I have tasted thus far are the Joseph Drouhin wines, which I tasted through in Beaune in March, and they are deep, sappy and beautifully soil-driven. If all the other top estates have made wines in this style, then this is indeed going to be a very special vintage for the region. But with the wines from Morgon and Moulin-a-Vent, you may do better trying a few bottles from either the 2006 or 2007 vintage if you can find them well-stored, as these are less structured vintages and both are beginning to really drink well from these villages." - John Gilman
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"The 2014 vintage in Beaujolais is absolutely terrific and probably, along with 2011, the best vintage in the region since 2005. The region has had a bit of a rollercoaster ride in the last few years, with an absolutely phenomenal vintage in 2011 (particularly for those of us who like to age our Beaujolais for several years prior to serving), one of the most difficult growing seasons in recent memory in 2012, a good, solid classic vintage in 2013, and now, again, another truly outstanding vintage in 2014." - John Gilman
"2014 [...] vintage is a return to the mineral-cracked freshness and explosive low-alcohol red fruit the cru level wines of this region are famous for but have lacked since 2010/2011 (without the potentially hard/green/diffuse/underripe character found in many 2012/2013's)." - Jon Rimmerman
"the 2014s exhibit lively berry and floral character punctuated by zesty minerality. The wines are concentrated yet not heavy, and show good structure without coming off as outsized. Many producers I visited in June described the wines as a hybrid of the 2010s and 2011s, combining the structure of the earlier vintage and the fruit intensity of the latter. As such, the 2014s, as a group, are hugely appealing right now but I have no doubt that they will reward another three to five years of aging. Many of the brawniest 2014s have the material to see them through a decade or more of life but by that point they’ll have little resemblance to most peoples’ notion of Beaujolais, so I’d advise drinking almost all of the ‘14s before they hit their tenth birthday." - Josh Raynolds
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Vinification will not be straightforward and the 2015 vintage will be a reflection of the quality of the winemaker." - Jean Loron
"the wines have the potential to age and evolve beautifully" - Michael Apstein
# 2016 Vintage Notes:
"a harvest of soft, amply fruity wines, though without the depth and density of the outstanding 2015 harvest." - Wine Scholar Guild
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Trade body InterBeaujolais has said the 2018 harvest in the region will “go down in history as a legendary vintage” alongside the likes of 2017, 2015 and 2009." - Rupert Millar
#2018 Vintage Notes:
"The heatwave of July and August led growers to anticipate rich, high-alcohol wines akin to the excellent, but atypical, 2015s. However, probably due to the reserves of groundwater accumulated prior to June 20th, the 2018s are, as a rule, fresher, with slightly higher acidity and considerably lower alcohol than their counterparts from 2015. There is, nonetheless, an appealing fleshiness or rondeur to many 2018s, which suggests they won’t keep for as long as the more mineral 2017s – which are really hitting their stride now – but makes them highly seductive from the word go.
Another interesting theme, which we encountered in wines from various domaines across different crus, is a Cabernet Franc-like leafy character towards the back of the palate, which contributes an extra degree of freshness and buvabilité." Will Heslop Juliénas2014 vintage:
"As far as ageing, the 2014's should also age well in the near/mid-term due to their balance, freshness, sumptuous length and low-alcohol drive. Due to how delicious many of the wines are already, I doubt you will be concerned with ageing.
In Julienas many of the better examples have such beautiful style and poise that they appear to drink themselves. What I mean is that you do not need a reason to keep sipping - the bottles empty themselves and the next thing you know..."poof" they are gone! That is typically a good sign for any vintage: magnetic to drink on release but the elemental harmony is also there to age (that does not mean they are thick or 2009-like, this is a mid-weight vintage that is true to each cru and to Gamay). The wines are certainly ripe enough but the mineral tone and above mentioned purity win the day. They have very long and fresh finishes that highlight the rock and stone absorption of the Gamay grape and not the under-ripe seeds or stems of many 2013 wines." - Jon Rimmerman
Julienas is at the northern limit of the department of the Rhône, and at the limit of the Saône et Loire and of the wineproducing territory of the Mâconnais. Julienas is close to main means of communication : the RN6, the A6 motorway, the High Speed Train (TGV), and the cities of Mâcon (15 kilometres), Villefranche sur Saône (the economic capital of the Beaujolais, 25 kilometres), and is 60 kilometres from Lyon and 150 kilometres from Geneva.
The population of Julienas is about 850 inhabitants. The village has kept its charm and welcome approach. Many local groups give Juliénas its dynamic character. The village also has tradespeople, professionals, shops, restaurants, good hotels, and some sixty wine producing properties.
Wine production has been a feature of Juliénas for more than 2000 years. The culture of the vine starts in the Beaujolais. Juliénas owes its name to Julius Caesar himself. It is known that in the Gallo-Roman period of history vines were cultivated on these hills.
The reputation of Juliénas needs no further confirmation. You will have all the pleasure of tasting it in the Cellier de la Vieille Eglise (the cellar of the old church), the Cave Coopérative of the Château du Bois de la Salle and in the private cellars of its skilled producers throughout the year.
Learn to appreciate Juliénas by introduction to its web site, and the bouquet of its wines.
Lilian MATRAY
The cru Julienas
In the Beaujolais there are twelve labels of origin :
- two regional labels : Beaujolais and Beaujolais-Villages
-ten communal or crus.
Two of them are called Juliénas and Beaujolais-Villages, and the cru can also be found in four other villages, Juliénas, Jullié ans Emeringes in the department of the Rhône, and Pruzilly in Saône et Loire. |
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