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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.9 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 132 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jrobs7777 on 3/7/2024: Terrific! Last of the 6 pack. Sorry to these guy but this shows what a well made Beaujolais can become. Still fresh and vibrant. Wonderful nose. A blend of flower and fruit. Dark fruit salad. Well balanced. (304 views) | | | Tasted by coremill on 5/19/2023 & rated 90 points: Pretty nose if tree moss and black cherries. Juicy and earthy with fine tannins and plenty of extract with the ripe fruit taking a backseat to the earthy flavors. Finishes with a sweet fruit twist, really the only place the ripeness of the vintage shows. Drinking nicely. This will hold but not sure it has the concentration to improve further. (658 views) | | | Tasted by drfloyd on 1/14/2023: Still going strong and little signs of age - impressive! A whiff of coca on the nose, pretty aromas - light, minerals, candied notes, a bit of spice, etc. Well balanced fruit with plenty of acidity to match - long, juicy finish. Quite nice and no need to rush if you have a few bottles stashed away. (727 views) | | | Tasted by maxmanx on 9/25/2022: Even after another 4 years in the cellar, this wine still has room to go! Will keep my last bottle for a couple more years. (883 views) | | | Tasted by Neurowine1 on 10/24/2020 & rated 92 points: This is a spectacular Fleurie. When will the gorgeous plateau that 09s bojos are on ever end? This is drinking perfectly. Bombshell of a noise with cherry kirsch, buttered popcorn, and perhaps a lil' brett. In the mouth, unctious crunchy round and crisp red fruits, mushrooms, perfect acid balance. Pick up a bit of EtOH on the back end, but that is forgiven. This is tasting at once burgundian and alpine (savoie/jura/val d'oastan) all at the same time. Love it! Sadly, this is my last bottle of the batch. (1683 views) | | | Tasted by Paul Lin on 7/3/2020 flawed bottle: Sweaty socks and acetone. (1556 views) | | | Tasted by cweiss on 6/3/2020: Good time to enjoy this. (1347 views) | | | Tasted by gordoyflaca on 1/3/2020 & rated 93 points: Really nice, great right now, fresh acidity and dark cherries, blackberry (1473 views) | | | Tasted by FransS on 10/20/2019 & rated 92 points: What a wine after 10 years; a ripe and dark colour without brown and the bouquet shows minerals, gentle citrus and still a hint of ripe cherries. The taste is concentrated, completely ripe, but in no way showing real age; the freshness is also in the taste. In the finish the wine is smooth with a slight grenache-like coffee/cocoa and the tannins are super ripe; lots of sediment. This is also Beaujolais! (1519 views) | | | Tasted by MQuentel@web.de on 7/14/2019 & rated 87 points: This Fleurie smells like a cherry brandy, red fruits, the alcohol is a bit pungent. On the palate also sour cherries, red fruits, a decent acidity, moderate tannins, passable wine, without great depth or elegance. (1310 views) | | | Tasted by CWilliam on 6/6/2019: PNP - better with 15 minutes of air.
Purple/red color - looks younger than '09. Great nose - wet stone, cranberry & dark cherry with just a touch of tobacco with air. On palate, still fruit primary with tart cherry, cranberry & crisp minerality. Medium body, medium acids, integrated tannins and a long finish. This has aged extremely well. 91+/- (1217 views) | | | Tasted by sleepyhaus on 3/25/2019: Wow, that's drinking well right now. Beautiful Beaujolais that upon opening shows lovely (and surprisingly fresh) gamay charm, but with time develops a depth more like a pinot. After four hours this tastes like strawberry pie but with acidity to carry it and never seeming hot or heavy. Lovely wines and very sadly my only bottle. (1344 views) | | | Tasted by Keith Levenberg on 2/9/2019 & rated 97 points: This was one of my favorite 2009 Beaujolais on release. ~8 years on it's not even close - nothing else is showing anywhere close to this well right now. Possibly it still has some development ahead of it, but don't miss the zone it's in at this very moment. The aroma alone has that evocative, symphonic complexity that keeps you sniffing the glass for 5 minutes before you even feel ready to give it a taste. Can't describe any of the particulars except to say that it is deep and super-succulent with stuff I can only put in the miscellaneous category of earthy funk, not to be confused with simple chemical-flaw funks. On the palate the wine has streamlined itself since release, and it's just as silky and refined but has shed much of its sweet baby fat. (3839 views) | | | Tasted by Paul Lin on 1/28/2019 & rated 88 points: I haven’t been terribly impressed with 2009 Cru Beaujolais—mostly because I found them too ripe and flabby—but this one has come around with age. Nice perfume of earthy cherry, violets, lavender, and chalk. Subtle palate with just enough cut and minerality to make it food friendly. (1245 views) | | | Tasted by maxmanx on 8/3/2018: Still plenty of life left. (1571 views) | | | Tasted by Charlie Carnes on 6/29/2018 & rated 93 points: Drank this with the Dutraive 2009 Grand'Coeur... Another great 2009 Beaujolais. This was fresh from the start. Iron, cherry, tart berries, dough, bright red fruit, clay soil. This was fresh and tart and begging to be drunk. Liked it almost as the Dutraive, great wine! (1903 views) | | | Tasted by sawira on 5/25/2018 & rated 91 points: Earthy. Maybe fading a bit.... (1708 views) | | | Tasted by maxmanx on 1/22/2018: No rush on these. I bought heavy into the 09 Bojo's, and glad I did. (1689 views) | | | Tasted by Charlie Carnes on 6/25/2017: Wonderful full and gamey Gamay. This is so good. Deep purple/red fruit, hints of game meat, aromatic flowers, kitchen spices, and iron mineral. Balanced, fresh... yummy! (2259 views) | | | Tasted by cweiss on 4/20/2017: Big brawny and balanced. Drink or hold. (2134 views) | | | Tasted by pjhr on 1/23/2017 & rated 92 points: As delicious as the previous bottle with resolving tannins since the last bottle. (2194 views) | | | Tasted by fitzi on 8/24/2016: This opens dumb, but with half an hour's airing in an open-bowl glass - what good wine. A placid, glassy-surfaced lake of inky fluid pierced by an excalibur-like thrust of fine, intense acidity, eliciting the beginnings of fruit complexity as it cuts the lenght of the palate. Forgive the purple prose, but this vintage of the Garants is one of the best arguments I've yet come across for drinking cru Beaujolais. Santé. (2733 views) | | | Tasted by Enfantterrible on 3/25/2016 & rated 88 points: Nice wine, fully ready to drink. Only quibble is a slight tin note on nose and finish (2925 views) | | | Tasted by CWilliam on 3/17/2016: PNP and paired with pan seared salmon.
Medium purple color - no sediment & slight meniscus around the rim. On nose, wet stones, saline, cranberry & dark cherry (& some other dark fruit I can't name). On palate, medium body, medium+ acids and long finish. Flavor profile is similar to nose. Delicious. Great producer, great vintage, great wine. 91-92 range. This has aged well with no degredation in the fruit profile. I have no experience in aging Beaujolais but this one should be good for another few years at least although clearly at peak. I need to buy some more current vintages of this wine. (2575 views) | | | Tasted by pjhr on 3/4/2016 & rated 92 points: Delicious dark cherries and minerals on the nose and well structured palate with refreshing tannins and acidity on the finish. (2427 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Pierre-Marie Chermette Producer websiteGamayPlant RobezLes Garants On weinlagen-infoFrance 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 Fleurie The single vineyards on weinlagen-info |
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