Community Tasting Note

sweetstuff wrote:

Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 2009 Louis Jadot Moulin-à-Vent Château des Jacques (France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Moulin-à-Vent).
13.5 abv. Cork-finished. Imported by Kobrand, New York, NY. 13.9 measured pabv. A memorable property purchased by Jadot for its Cotes-d'Or lookalike qualities. $25 at Miami Valley Beer and Wine.

I've admired this bottle for a few weeks for its rich dusty purple-indigo, that looks to be a take-no-prisoners, highly-extracted cru Beajolais, with a deep sheeting and very little legginess. Over the first two days,
apple juice, bacon, and cherry spiced with frest spearmint, evolving to sweet leather and an energetic and mineral-laden dustiness as it oxygenates past that point in the glass. The palate shows some
balsamico and a flinty dustiness of a beach concert as before. Rich, full-bodied, and piquant, with luscious blackcurrant-like fruitiness with soft ripeness and a mouthwatering juiciness

To swallow, not to sip. 91-92, or even a hair more at its aging peak, accompanying corn and a spicy fresh-ripened garden tomato sauce with a dark-mushroom and garden herb sauce without any problems, over vermicelli, with some added anchovies and capers and generous amounts of balsamico. 2012-2032. Great value, although priced, I hear, with some trepidation. (I look on this as the equivalent of a premier cru from a lesser Burgundy region) Other bottlings from this estate are equally worthy, according to Schildknecht.

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