Introduction

We got our tasting group outside and tried some of the '09 Cru Beaujolais (and one Village). All wines were splash decanted or decanted for a few hours. Most wines were much, much better with airtime. We tasted each wine blind and then unveiled them one by one. We had several different cheeses and bread to sample with the wines. We voted for our top two wines and the top 3 in order were the Chermette Brouilly Pierreux (4 #1s and 0 #2s), the Chateau de Lavernete "Le Clos" (2 #1s and 1#2) and the Chermette Fleurie Les Garants (0 1sts and 3 #2s). Unfortunately, the Marcel Lapierre Morgon was corked - we opened another bottle but it did not have time to breathe. All tasting notes below are mine and not the groups. It was a shame the 1st bottle of the Lapierre was corked as the second bottle was beautiful. All of these wines were great with food. The Chermette Brouilly and the Lapierre Morgon (2nd bottle) are special wines and were very enjoyable with dinner that evening. Thanks to everyone who attended.

Flight 1 (6 notes)

Flight 2 (1 note)