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• forceberry wrote: 92 points

  June 4, 2022 - 100% whole-bunch fruit from organically grown 50-yo vineyards. A week or two of carbonic maceration followed by a couple of weeks of spontaneous fermentation on the skins. Fermented and aged in concrete tanks, although in some years some barrel-aged wines can be blended in. 2012 was a difficult vintage in Beaujolais, plagued by continuous rains. As the grapes struggled to ripen, the yields were on average the lowest in 40 years, resulting in very structured and concentrated reds. 13% alcohol.
  
  The wine is dark and somewhat translucent, blackish-red in color with a more evolved brick-red hue towards the rim. The nose feels fine-tuned and slightly evolved with sweetly-fruited aromas of dark forest fruits and strawberries, some wizened red plums, a little bit of ripe black cherry, light sappy herbal notes and a lifted hint of balsamic richness. The wine is clean, dry and focused on the palate with a moderately full body and savory flavors of dark forest fruits and earth, some autumnal notes of damp leaves, light brambly notes of fresh raspberries, a little bit of old leather, tart hints of cranberries and lingonberries and a touch of meaty umami. The overall feel is still quite structure-driven with the high acidity and moderately grippy medium-plus tannins. The finish is long, dry and quite grippy with savory flavors of tart cranberries and meaty umami, some brambly notes of raspberries, a little bit of wild strawberry, light blueberry tones, a hint of earth and a touch of balancing bitterness.
  
  Some eight years ago, when I last tasted this wine, it seemed to be quite forbidding, but I thought it seemed to be full of promise. Well, apparently I was right, as now the wine was still relatively tightly-knit and structure-driven, yet not that tough and forbidding as it was, but instead quite attractively nuanced with flavors ranging from fresh and fruity to earthy and autumnal. Although the wine is starting to show some age, it feels the wine is still on an upward trajectory; most likely the wine will keep on evolving for some years and keep just fine for many years more. Terrific value at 20,20€.

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• konadog wrote: 90 points

  April 19, 2020 - Freshly turned earth, mild funk. Orange rind, cinnamon, and red fruit on the palate.

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• Blacksmith450 wrote: 90 points

  July 30, 2018 - Encore en grande forme. Beau fruit vif.

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• Sepsis Likes this wine:

  April 4, 2018 - Great value.
  Very fresh acidity. Still early.

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• MJReb wrote: 90 points

  January 31, 2018 - Pnp, cassis and black cherries, dense, tannins quite present, a bit rustique, good wine, but should have waited 2-3 years longer to open.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type Red
• Producer Jean-Marc Burgaud
• Varietal Gamay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Côte du Py
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Beaujolais
• Appellation Morgon
• UPC Code 3760124220025

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• In Cellars 35 (22%)
• Consumed 122 (78%)

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