Aged Cru Beaujolais

San Francisco
Tasted Sunday, December 10, 2023 by drwine2001 with 87 views

Introduction

A wonderful lazy Sunday afternoon with friends, charcuterie, roast chicken, and a boatload of wonderful cru Beaujolais, some of which were flawed, but none of which were over the hill.

Flight 1 - Mostly 2009's (5 Notes)

  • 2010 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Cuvée Tardive Flawed

    France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Fleurie

    Light ruby. Mild TCA came out over time. Nevertheless, obviously an excellent wine-light, flowing, and supple with naturally sweet fruit and citrus, very good finish. A pity about it being slightly corked. I look forward to trying a pristine bottle.

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  • 2009 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Cuvée Tardive

    France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Fleurie

    Light ruby. Ripe cherry aroma. Medium to light weight but deeply imbued fruit with excellent supporting acidity and soil. Clean, gently sweet but completely serious wine. Beautiful to drink now but this has plenty left in the tank-impressive!

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  • 2009 Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Côte du Py Javernières

    France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

    Ruby. Fragrant blackberry and charcoal. Powerful licorice, soil, and black fruit coat the tongue, very solid acidity. Long tannic finish. Wow, this is classically structured and still very young. It was the only Burgaud wine today that wasn't afflicted by brett, and as such was my favorite of the bunch.

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  • 2009 Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Côte du Py Reserve

    France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

    Deep ruby. Definite barnyard here. Medium weight, excellent mix of blackberry and soil with excellent acidity. Leaner than the Javernières, cleaner than it smells, again very structured and quite saline. Would be outstanding were it not for the heavy brett.

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  • 2009 Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Côte du Py Vieilles Vignes

    France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

    Ruby. Light brett notes. Somber and chewy with light funk but very deep blackberry and minerality. Pungent with creosote and an interesting citrus twist. Tannic finish. These Burgauds are immensely impressive old fashioned brutes that need significant aging, but they also need cleaner vinification practices.

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Flight 2 - Mostly 2010 Morgon (6 Notes)

  • 2010 Marcel Lapierre Morgon

    France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

    Non-sulfured bottling. Light red. Strawberry aromas. Light, limpid, gently sweet red fruit, and anise with some remaining tannin. Elegant, saline mouth feel. Seductive and ready. Beautiful bottle.

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  • 2010 Georges Descombes Morgon Vieilles Vignes

    France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

    Deeper red. Gorgeous nose with licorice, menthol, and pungent fruit. Medium bodied, saline, soil base. Mixed black and red fruit, citrus, and moderately long finish. This gained richness and dimension with time in the glass. Subtle and delicious (the anithesis of the Burgaud wines tasted in an earlier flight).

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  • 2005 Georges Descombes Morgon Vieilles Vignes

    France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

    Dull red. Complex aromas of ripe fruit, herbs, and mint. Light, secondary mature red fruit, great acidity, and more tannin than the 2010. Very much alive and kicking at age 18. These Descombes VV wines age magnificently and deliver terrific complexity and interest.

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  • 2010 Louis Claude Desvignes Morgon Javernières

    France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

    Ruby. Vivid blueberry fruit on the nose. Balanced, supple, full of blue and red fruit, soil, and salinity. Almost fully mature and a delight to drink now. I loved this.

    On the third night, the fruit veers more toward blackberry, but it is alive, reasonably sweet, and pleasantly earthy. Impressive perseverence.

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  • 2010 Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py Flawed

    France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

    Red. Both corked and bretty. What a pity since there is beautifully textured wine underneath.

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  • 2009 Marcel Lapierre Morgon Cuvée Marcel Lapierre

    France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

    Primary ruby color. Captivating scent of fresh, sweet, deep dark red fruit. Heady, layered red and black fruit carried by bright acidity and an excellent earthy tannic finish. Wow! I remember this wine being controversial when it was young since it was "too rich, too big, etc.". Not only was it the wine of the tasting, but it is one of the more remarkable wines I've drunk this year. Legendary stuff.

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