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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.5 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 48 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Smahlatz on 5/30/2020 & rated 90 points: Beautifully developed. Balanced with red fruits to the fore. Lovely acidity. (1043 views) | | | Tasted by Smahlatz on 9/28/2018 & rated 90 points: Lovely savoury mature nose with some inviting umami notes. The palate however seems faded, time may be running out for this wine.
Day 2: deep bias as per day 1, but palate is now full of sweet red fruits. This had opened out beautifully. Oak is all detectable.
Day 3: showing so well I upped the score a point (1803 views) | | | Tasted by Smahlatz on 7/10/2018 & rated 89 points: Has certainly entered its burgundy lookalike phase. Oak is apparent, classic pinotesque palate of rhubarb, cherry, raspberry. (2060 views) | | | Tasted by TJ_The VitiViewer on 11/10/2016 & rated 90 points: Dark brownish red color. The wine is the 9th bottle from my cellar. Pomegranate, red currant, blueberry, leather, vanilla, black pepper and some eucalyptus. Yes, This is on right time. I'm wating for this moment. Well developed and matured during a short term. Very different from the last tasting. I'm confused this with Crozes-Hermitage or Barbera. Balanced and yet fragrant, easy drinking wine. This is ready for Beaujolais Fest! Alc. 13.0% (3912 views) | | | Tasted by chbeaumont on 9/16/2016 & rated 88 points: Very dark; muffled nose, bruised plum; sturdy, unflashy, a core of black fruit; a dense finish. Good now, with a chance there is more to follow. (3996 views) | | | Tasted by djarcara on 8/16/2016 & rated 88 points: Ready to drink. (3439 views) | | | Tasted by TJ_The VitiViewer on 7/20/2016 & rated 88 points: Slightly faded red color. Blackberry, ripe cherry, yoghurt, white pepper and some eucalyptus aromas. Medium-high acidity, soft tannin, glassy texture on the palate but overall impression is flat. Probably it comes from lack of concentration. Well made accessible Beaujolais Cru, but it doesn't blow my mind. I prefer Marcel Lapierre, Morgon to this Moulin-A-Vent. Alc. 13% (2969 views) | | | Tasted by wine_sloth on 4/2/2016 & rated 87 points: Rather Burgundian by this age. Still a fair amount of fruit to the nose, touches of smoky complexity, but lacking in intensity of aroma. Same on the palate, a little light, but hints of complexity, almost redcurrant and cranberry fruit. Great acidity for it's age, but slightly drying tannins. Perhaps a little past it's optimal peak. Good nonetheless (2953 views) | | | Tasted by UrbanGrill on 2/27/2016 & rated 89 points: Lightly chilled, served with free-range chicken breast, couscous and ratatouille. Nice wine which is drinking very well right now. (1757 views) | | | Tasted by Timbalimba on 11/29/2015 & rated 89 points: Meaty, sous-bois, spicy. A basket of fruits on the palate, clean and refreshing. Nice. Improving. (2264 views) | | | Tasted by Zorg on 9/26/2015 & rated 85 points: Good, especially the nose, but boring, nothing special. Ready to go but will save my last bottle 2-4 years. Won't buy again based on this bottle. (1977 views) | | | Tasted by mschede on 7/15/2015 & rated 89 points: Um belo Moulin-à-Vent! Ainda que esteja um pouco novo aos 5! Revelou uma bonita cor rubi brilhante razoavelmente translúcida. Ao nariz, ainda meio primário, focado em frutas vermelhas mas, após respirar bem, apareceram apreciáveis toques de terra e hortelã. Na boca é delicioso! Some da taça num piscar de olhos! Leve, equilibrado, elegante, com fruta limpa, acidez refrescante na medida, tanicidade discreta.. Muito agradável agora, mas provavelmente mais complexo a partir de 2017.. Pretendo ver! (2281 views) | | | Tasted by muirholland on 6/11/2015: So good I went and bought another 6-pack (2132 views) | | | Tasted by pjaines on 5/31/2015: Jadot Chateau des Jacques Beaujolais (London): Signature black fruit and fine tannins - impressive depth for a stupid stupid low price - again, I would struggle to name Gamay as the grape - this is more pinot noir from Marsannay. £13 of utter "i am pretending this is £50 burgundy" pleasure. (2689 views) | | | Tasted by pjaines on 4/26/2015: I like this but would be really pushed to spot it as a Gamay - it has that Bourogone level Burgundy twang to it, but smoother (and better?). Is it a bad thing? Well, I'm getting a lovely Burg/Beaujolais zip going on for £10 so in my opinion it is not a bad thing. From a purist point of view I am not so sure. Lovely stuff though. (2067 views) | | | Tasted by drdave_56 on 4/3/2015: It was worth keeping this a couple of years. Much better than some of the other reviews suggested. Smooth and lightly oaked, with just enough acidity to enjoy it with spring lamb. (1696 views) | | | Tasted by Puteljen! on 3/16/2015 & rated 89 points: Last bottle must have been flawed in some way because tonight this really delivered. High acid, violets, roses, raspberry, mud etc. Bit short on the finish. Still: A dream, but an acid one! Great QPR (1615 views) | | | Tasted by j30 on 12/6/2014 & rated 84 points: Upfront nose red fruit, pepper and pine. Medium bodied, quite beefy and slightly austere and spicy finish. (1803 views) | | | Tasted by henrygjeffreys on 12/4/2014: nose - cherries, spicy, there's quite a bit of oak here. Needs time open for this to blow off
Quite a beefy wine though now quite supple and showing some maturity
Some tannin, firm finish
A good wine and developing nicely though not the most delicious Beaujolais around. I much preferred the 11 Morgon from same producer.
Still it's good and nice that the oak isn't overpowering it (1762 views) | | | Tasted by Fredrik Thorén on 9/20/2014 & rated 85 points: Bourgognelik tydlig smak av ny ek (2102 views) | | | Tasted by Puteljen! on 9/13/2014 flawed bottle: Note from memory. A bit of a dissapointment. Felt clumsy with harsh acids and not enough body, structure or fruit to back them up. Was late at night after several other bottles so perhaps not giving the wine justice here. Will try another bottle later.
EDIT: Initially scored this 82, but a later bottle confirmed my suspicion that this was flawed. (1903 views) | | | Tasted by djarcara on 9/5/2014 & rated 88 points: Drinking nicely. Improving with age. A few more years? Great value. (1821 views) | | | Tasted by exonian on 7/20/2014 & rated 88 points: Still an intense ruby, this wine opened up nicely in the glass after about an hour. The nose is medium , but full of interesting aromas of truffly mushrooms, red fruits, cherry and Kirsch or Maraschino, marzipan, and fleeting floral notes ( violets?). Tannins are medium, acidity medium -plus, medium-plus in body. Definitely a glycerin mouthfeel, with flavours of cherries, and a typically tart and peppery Beaujolais finish. Exhibiting hints of Burgundy, this is a wine of some character, with a future of several years. Serve lightly chilled in warm weather. (1644 views) | | | Tasted by petec-s on 4/25/2014 & rated 86 points: Decent fresh and mineral 13% (1970 views) | | | Tasted by Timbalimba on 3/22/2014 & rated 88 points: A year on and this has moved on considerably. Settled, attractive nose, in harmony, lashings of forest fruit and a touch of bitter almond, cinnamon and clove. Smooth palate, fresh fruit, a hint of oak. Clean finish. Very good. Maybe there's a lingering doubt about the value proposition here at the $30 mark, but it's a solid wine, no question. (1819 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)
The House of Louis Jadot has been producing exceptional Burgundy wines since its founding in 1859 by Louis Henry Denis Jadot. For the past 150 years Louis Jadot has continued as one of the great names of Burgundy and has gained international reputation for its superb red and white Burgundy wines. Louis Jadot is not only one of the largest producers of estate Burgundies of the Cote d'Or, it is one of the most celebrated exporters of premium Burgundies, owning close to 140 acres of vineyards from 24 of the most prestigious sites in Burgundy.GamayPlant RobezFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
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 Moulin-à-VentKnown as the "King of Beaujolais," and located in the very north of the Beaujolais region, the Moulin-à-Vent Cru boasts the most full-bodied and structured Cru Beaujolais bottlings. Floral and fruit-driven in youth, these wines often develop spicy, earthy characteristics as they age. |
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