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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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+/-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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.
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Very nice bottle. Great fruit profile with something savory on the finish. I will finish this batch in the next 6 months, as the tannins have melted, and I don't get the sense that the structure will hold much longer
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PopnPour, tasted over 1 hr -nearly opaque dark red -restrained dark fruit intense stoniness raspberry -med acidity comes in near the finish almost prickly (?slightly petillent), lighter weight but good concentration mostly minerality and earthiness with some grapey black fruit elements, mostly resolved fine chalky tannins -drinking well now with many good years ahead
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Tried one based on the preceding note. Such vivacity, paired with good vinous volume, cosseting texture, and balancing fruit. A wonderful wine now. I'd planned to hold these bottles longer, but this was border-line irresistable.
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Beautiful gamay, all in place for this light medium bodied lady. Raspberries, strawberries and wild flowers greets us and soon reveal us beautiful tropical profile, with lychees, bananas and lemon leaf. Smoked tones add sophistication and there is this beautiful buttery feel on the finish, concluding this smooth and intimate experience. 91
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Everything you can ask of a Cru Beaujolais. Fragrant nose with iron notes leads to a lively refreshing fruity palate. The perfect picnic wine. Not complex, but begging for another sip. Good acidity and a long finish. Years like 2009 don't come around often enough. This wine shows what the Gamay grape can do in a great year.
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Gorgeous nose of black cherry, plum, confectioner's sugar, and some smoke that continued to gain complexity in the glass. Good acidity keeps this fresh on the palate, full bodied with a smooth and slightly lush mouthfeel; some grippiness still remains on the backside. With air this seemed to shed some weight on the backside to show its mature fruit. Long finish. This is fantastic and seems to be drinking at peak right now but shows no signs of fatigue.
Excellent - Drink Now or Hold
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I'm glad I bought and cellared a few of these based on Keith's praise and excitement when these came out. I liked this a lot right on release, but this was an even better showing than what I recall. The fruit's still incredibly sappy and ripe; lots of cherry and red berried flavours with the same sense of freshness and brightness that it had on release, but now there's more complexity with an array of smoky, floral, and stony notes adding depth. The sense of finesse and polish on the palate makes this feel more like a Burgundy than most Cru Beaujolais, and there's a streak of fine grained tannin on the finish that suggests it has more time ahead still. Phenomenally good. I wish I had enough of this to both drink and hold.
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Intriguing styled gamay, showing complexity yet undefined typicity, varying from tropical notes to elegance in a single glass. Plums, strawberry, dirt, leather, vegetal notes and distinct butter take turns and somehow fall nicely into place within this medium bodied, round and savory gamay. 90
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Beautiful nose - soft cherry, high toned candied notes - would probably guess Bourgogne in a ripe year if blind. Palate is definitely gamay but nice and juicy (great acidity), some mushroom and secondary fruit characteristics - a bit of spice and a long finish - great wine and drinking well now.
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dark color, reddish rim. aromatically prunish dark and red fruits... lots of minerals, some hints of spice from oak. on the palate the wine has good acidity, a lot of fresh and sap on the midpalate, a moderate amount of firm tannins... moderate alcohol. this is a great wine... very serious beaujolais... i would’ve put this blind in a rustic burgundy village. great stuff if not very “fleurie”
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More earthy than previous bottles - bordering on too much, but staying within my limits. Fruit is toned down, but there is a lingering taste of cherry cough drop along with minerals.
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Great showing for this bottle. Popped and decanted one hour before dinner. Prominent mineral streak balanced by berry fruit. Good depth and balancing acid. As Keith noted this wine more resembles a good pinot (or perhaps pst) than a Cru Beaujolais. Drink now or hold to see if any additional character develops.
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Even ruby. Tart dark red fruit and some herbs. Light to medium weight, cranberry acidity. Young and lean. Again proof that not all 2009 Beaujolais are fat, fruity wines.
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Nez complètement fermé. En bouche le vin est terne, sans arôme, sans vie. Finale asséchante. Après plusieurs MAV 2009 du même producteur ayant connu pareil destin, voici le tour des Fleuries. L'espoir d'un redressement général est mince.
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PopnPour, tasted over 3 hrs -dark but bright red, no bricking -aromatic ripe plum jam, wet stone minerality -barely med acidity, med+ concentrated mid-palate with still mostly primary plum fruit, moderate complexity, med weight, stony finish with ripe med- tannins -another excellent '09 Beaujolais, on the serious side, has lost much of its baby fat but I bet this will be even more interesting in another 3-5 years
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Dark purple color. Found this a bit big, grapey and simple for my liking. Thivin and Chanrion are my two, "go to" Cru Beaujolais guys and this showed nothing to unseat them for me. Would not buy again. Paid $25, drinks like $12. Sorry, I don't get the hype over this producer or this cuvee?
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This wine has evolved into a more serious profiled gamay, with restraint, some elegance, but with a loss of fruity spirit and a narrowing of the flavor profile. it may yet develop more complexity, but one doubts that. Very smooth, red grape, soaked wood smell and a straightforward darker gamay flavor that is not like a typical Fleurie--absence of floral notes. Again, time may improve this wine but not likely to do so. I have no idea where the 2040 outside date comes from!
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Very impressive beaujolais. Wide range of fruit flavors in the blue/dark spectrum, balanced nicely with mineral elements. Good acidity and fine tannins keep it refreshing. My guess is that this this batch will drink well for another 5 years.
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Nez plutôt discret, floral et fruits mûrs. Bouche charnue, juteuse, bien équilibrée. Finale assez courte. Bien fait, encore très jeune mais manquant un peu d'intensité aromatique.
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It's been a while since I've revisited the vintage and happy to report that it seems like the wines are getting to a better place. On the first night, this was pretty open - still showing some of the very ripe fruit of the vintage and some primary grapiness, but also with good balance and freshness. Really liked it on the second night when the dark purple fruit moved more to the background and the wine's lively stony minerality came to the forefront. Very smooth, concentrated yet refreshing. Probably worth holding another couple of years as this is certainly headed the right way, but with air this is very enjoyable today. 91+
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Bouche charnue donnant l'impression d'un supplément de matière. Le nez est sur la cerise noire avec de légères notes fumées. Très belle impression à l'ouverture mais à nettement décliné le troisième jour.
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Sombre et un peu voilé pour un Beaujolais. Décanté mais un peu de lie en verre. Nez discret mais intéressant, framboise noire et tabac doux. En bouche, belle tenue, intense, framboise et cacao avec un coté léger, gouleyant en contraste. Vieilli bien mais ne tarderai pas à ouvrir le reste de mon inventaire. Excellent rapport Q_P comme bien des crus du Beaujo
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Quelle robe intense qui annonce un concentration hors norme! En effet, les arômes sont explosifs, très mûrs, et le fruit en bouche est somptueux, c'est très réussi et le rapport prix est fabuleux !
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Way young, with plenty of rough and stoney substance, just softened by a residual layer of youthful fruit. Hold. This wine is supposed to be made from grapes grown in the same area as Coudert's Fleurie comes from - and, similarly, formerly classified as Moulin.
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Deep red. Absolutely typical bitter cherry and (true to the appellation) prominent purple flowers. Medium weight, fine acidity bordering on tart. It picks up blueberry and cinnamon as it sits open. Beautiful development over the 2 years since I last had this, and clearly still on an upward slope. A particularly well structured wine from this sometimes overly ripe vintage.
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Basketball, Beaujolais, and More! (Weygandt Wines - Washington, DC): Deep, complex nose of dark cherries, lavender, sea spray, and fallen pine. This is wonderfully textured and medium bodied, boasting gorgeous ripe blackberries backed by wet slate, fallen, leaves and drying tannins. The long finish excites with sweet dried berries, licorice, and cinnamon. Gorgeous and wide open, with the stuffing to last. Drink or Hold. R&M90
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A few cru Beaujolais !: Aged for 6 months in new oak tuns and 10% in new barrels. Vines are right on the Moulin-a-Vent border. The mouthfeel is full of intense sweet dark red-fruit. Hot and heavy, missing refreshing acidity. To my palate, this wine was too jammy.
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With our rustic but simple dinner of pasta with sauteed kale, red onion and prosciutto, I wanted a simple but rustic wine. This one fit the bill. A tight coil of cherries and grapey Gamay. The best part was the finish when the juiciness of the fruit lingers and mixes with violets, minerality and acidity, with notes of animal that pop up. I'd put my glass down and quickly lift it again. Delicious.
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Popped and poured. Heady nose of cherry & blueberry juice. The palate was much more closed, mineral and taut initially without yielding much fruit, just lightly chalky tannins. After 2 hours some sweetness emerged through the acidity but the tannins still had the upper hand. Either this is going downhill or it needs more time - I am going for the latter! Re-visit in 2 years perhaps?
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Consistent with note from 1/2011- Decanted for 20 minutes before dinner. Just plain gulpable & great with food given acids. I don't know why I buy burgs (pinot) for $20 or under when you can get a Cru Beaujolais at that price point that is stellar. 91+/- This opened up much quicker (although it was better with 1 hour+ of air time).
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Damn, I blew it! The bottle I opened 18 months ago was lackluster, so I didn't reload when I had the chance. Last night's bottle was phenomenal. A coiled spring of verve and energy. Tart black cherries, raspberries, and smokey minerality. Blew away the fine '09 Jean-Paul Brun Terres Dorées Fleurie I had the night before.
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Not much to add to the note from February 2011, except that it didn't take much time to open up. Really showing terrific energy and structure in an elegant package (especially for a 2009). A superb Beaujolais.
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Delicious & gulpable but structure to pair with food - consistentent with note from 2/11. No banana peel notes this time & minerality (wet rocks/granite?) more noticeable. 90+ and would buy again.
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Decanted 3hrs. A gorgeous Fleurie, certainly of its 2009 vintage and yet somehow still quite classical. Rich and sweetly fruited with a stony minerality awash in a salty vinous broth. Structured to go the distance, but very open and fetching already. Lovely.
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Bu en parallèle avec Saumur Premier nez discret de framboise. En bouche, c'est frais et gouleyant. Framboise légèrement poivré. Acidité moyenne, tanin discret et souple. Excellent rapport qualité/plaisir/prix
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A huge change from the bottle I had earlier this year. This one's rather one-note, full of bright, juicy fruit but not much more. It still has a lovely silken texture and a sense of polish to it, nice balance but the nuance and depth here is hiding right now.
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+2 pts par rapport à ma dernière bouteille ouverte il y a 1 an. Vin de plaisir dès l'ouverture, avec un fruité incroyable accompagnées de notes fuméees et lardées que je n'avais rencontré sur un beaujolais. En bouche, c'est un gant de velours... Très beau vin.
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It’s almost hard to believe this is Gamay Noir. A huge, billowy nose full of mesquite, warm raspberry preserves, molten rock and the exuberant florality for which Fleurie is famous. I suspected the palate would never match the personality of the nose on this wine. I was wrong. This over-delivered with a rich, structured palate full of chiseled granite spark, blackberry and plum, some bitter chocolate notes married to a kiss of coffee bean, more mesquite notes and touch of fruit pit. There’s a great line of tannin here, rather brilliant in the way it frames some of the more obvious Gamay characteristics, keeping them from grinding precipitously toward confectionary, Duboeuf-y territory. If you can still find this wine on the market, it’s a slam-dunk. For what I paid (13 Euro), it’s practically a daily drinker. Thankfully, this was NOT my last bottle of this gem.
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Big, racy, and structured. Gorgeous, complex nose -- cranberries, blood orange, woodsmoke, and cinnamon. Pronounced mineral (granite?) on the midpalate. Rich and silky-textured, with a wave of tart acidity that clamps down on the finish. Despite its obvious ripeness and power, it really tastes like Fleurie, not a caricature or ripe-vintage distortion. Really needs more time.
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Aromas of primarily dark fruit, but also some raspberry and strawberry with saline mineral notes. Brooding, with good acidity. Good depth and structure with a minerally finish, but overall fairly closed -- needs time.
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Notes from day 2. Dark red to light purple color. Nose of fresh strawberries, a little floral, fall leaves. Palate of mixed raspberry, a little unripe strawberry, little earth, and iron. Finish was average in length with good acidity showing. Overall the wine opened up nicely since yesterday where it was much too tight to really get anything on the nose or palate. Good solid Cru Bojo. Drink or hold: 50+5+12+16+6
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I had opened this a full week earlier and drank just over a glass before putting the cork back in and leaving it on the counter, untouched, until now. I half expected to be pouring it down the drain, but we gave it a shot first and I was surprised to find the freshest scent of just picked strawberries still with their leaves and some dirt on them. And that was it. There was nothing else to smell but that. Still perfectly fine to drink too, but definitely marked a bit by the '09 vintage.
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I am so glad this showed as well as it did. I have had a couple of heat tinged Poincie bottles and was hoping my initial assessment of this wine would not get downgraded. This is really good. Soft and slightly tart bluish fruit, inviting aromas of baking spices and some iron/game blood. Full and invigorating finish. Still showing very well.
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After a very unpleasant experience earlier this year with a 2009 Beaujolais Villages, this was my first serous cru 2009 Beaujolais. Wonderful. Clearly this will age, but the gamay is being coaxed to new levels, just as the commentaotrs suggest. A good deal of sharp plum cherry, red berry fruit and a nice balance suggesting further complexity.
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Further Assessment of 2009 Beaujolais; 5/13/2011-5/14/2011 (San Francisco Wine Trading Company and Beltramo's (Menlo Park)): Invitingly floral with raspberries. Almost perfect in every way-absolutely delicious red fruit, medium weight with sappiness, balanced and complex. Long, gently fading finish that is neither too tannic nor too tart. For now or later. This is right up there with the Foillard as the most complete and exciting wines of the vintage based upon extensive tastings at this point.
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Starts out very primary; full of deep cherry and ripe berried fruit on a medium weight, polished frame. With a couple of hours in a decanter it really opens as nuances of baking spices, violets and savoury earthy and minerally accents develop around the fruit and the acids become more prominent. There's an incredibly polished, silken texture to this, tremendous depth and persistence and I'm glad to have more in the cellar. Fantastic wine.
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2009 Beaujolais (Our House (2033 Brandywine St., Philadelphia)): This was tough to figure on the first night, but was stunning on the second night. Crushed raspberry, minerals, sous bois and menthol on the nose. Good amount of salinity and quite youthful on the palate. Nice acidity. Tough nut to crack on first night. On second night, much more depth and concentration. Fruit a bit more mellow. Medium finish. Should age well for several years.
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2009 Beaujolais Taasting (Josh & Shannon's): raspberry and menthol notes are most prominent on this. it is fairly forward & juicy -- a bit of juice box character to the raspberry and plum notes. medium(+) acid keeps this fresh and hints at aging potential. medium(-) finish shows an interesting nutmeg note that i liked, but the acid shows through most prominently. this needs some time to mellow.
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Ripe, dark fruits. Pretty nose, yet cooler and a bit more brooding than the other 09s I have drank this year. Has a half-dozen years ahead to evolve more.
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Pop and pour. The ripeness of 2009 definitely shows here, this has terrific fruit quality. The first impression was of juiciness without quite as much acid as I had hoped and therefore seeming to lack some energy, but unsurprisingly also this Bojo needed quite a bit of air to reveal its stuff. A fantastic, seamless, medium-weight silky mouthfeel and just great depth of flavour. So smooth & deep, burgundian, just super stuff. Wow.
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Drank one night after having the Coudert Clos De La Roilette, and it is almost like that but with more everything across the board. very plush indeed, but retains the floral nose i think of when i think of Fleurie. very, very enjoyable...now to find more.
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Very solid bottle of wine....but one of those disappointing instances where hype causes something very good to fall slightly below expectations. Very well put together and drinking beautifully now but not incredibly distinctive or cellar-worthy. Still looking for a case of 09 Bojo to put away...
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2009 Beaujolais Outside (Beebe House): Beautiful fruit on nose & palate. Smokey / strawberry / red currants / vanilla (touch of banana peel as well). Medium body / medium acids - palate consitent with nose + plums. Long finish. Some tannins noticeable on the finish. Delicious wine. 90+ (I preferred the LaPierre Morgon and the Chermette Brouilly to this wine).
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When I first opened this, it was very aromatically active with loads of rich fruit and baking spices and plenty of other descriptors I will not try and recall here. I had to leave the glass on the table for two or more hours without a taste, and when I had returned to it, with the addition of an unwelcome fruit fly in the medium dark purple-red liquid, the nose had markedly toned down leaving aromas of plum, violets, wet stones, soy; but still good depth lurking beneath the veil. This is an incredibly active, lively wine that displays an almost ethereal quality in its mouth-feel but is imbued with a silty, savory quality like soy sauce atop kosher salt atop wide egg noodles. Sure, there’s also sour boysenberry with black raspberry fruit here, but it’s the lively floral sveltiness and sparkling, salty minerality that mark the signature. Acidity defines the structure of this wine, but there’s also a modicum of tannin spine dissolved within. It’s hard to understand how a wine like this wouldn’t garner higher scores from the professionals, but perhaps it’s the category. Suffice it to say, this sappy, vinous, ultra-real Beaujolas has certainly charmed me.
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Popped and poured, and followed over the course of three hours. Telltale vivid purple color. The knockout nose is very floral, an elegant and refined Beaujolais, then develops a distinct mineral note. Palate is initially very restrained, and seems to be a bit hollow on the mid-palate and finish; but then the minerals and red fruit come forward, and the wine seemingly comes alive, but always stays true to what is at its core an elegant, exceptionally well balanced, serious and lovely Beaujolais. I happened to pick this up by chance for a mere $14.50, knowing nothing about it. Glad I did, and I’m going back for more.
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Decanted 1h. My first of the coveted 2009 Beaujolais, and not the best start. The nose is dusty with candied red cherries. On the palate, quite ripe with good acidity, but slightly lacking on tannins and that great cru Beaujolais minerality. And there's some of that dreaded candied fruit that plagues the non-cru wines. It's pleasant, but not delivering the punch I was hoping from the vintage or the pricepoint ($29). Maybe I'm just not a fan of Fleurie.
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I've been loving the '09 Cru Beaujolais, and tasting through several. I popped this one tonight to see if I wanted a reload (one last shipment arrive at WineX). I'm gonna pass. This has beautiful fruit; reminded me of those blackberry/raspberry jellied candies. I just prefer a bit more acidity to balance the generous fruit; this wine is a little sappy. I'm obviously in the minority of professional and recreational reviewers; to each his own wine. I'm gonna save my reload money for more JP Brun Terres Dorees Fleurie, or some Foillard (if that ever comes 'round again).
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Greenblanket is going to have to learn to keep his hands off these but it's going to be hard because of the combination of pretty Gamay fruit, earthy herbal notes, and elegant structure.
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This is a soaring wine that is fully in control of itself. It has a purple pink hue. The beautiful red and lightly colored airy fruit come across the nose as fruity, but with such fathomless ethereal depth. The nose makes one feel a little 'giddy'. In the mouth the wine is fully in control and balanced. The fruit is harmonious. Lightly red and naturally sweet, it is lightly spiced and just popping with finesse and brightness. Really, a show-stopper! Pop and pour, drank over 24 hour period.
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Belle texture veloutée en bouche assez inattendue pour un vin aussi jeune. Les arômes sont sur le fruit avec une évolution sur les trois jours où la bouteille a été consommée. La fraise est ainsi ressortie le deuxième jour alors que le troisième les notes de pruneau étaient plus domantes. Très bien en accompagnement d'une viande blanche ou d'un risotto.
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Young and wrapped up pretty tight at this point - we followed this wine over two days and it just kept on changing and giving us different glimpses of it's character. We experienced hints of a black fruited floral bouquet and an energetic palate of deep fruit, mineral and game-y broth. Clearly, there is fantastic freshness, texture and depth here. This teletubby is ill prepared to predict how this wine may develop over time but he's sure happy that he stocked up for the ride.
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Tough to describe this one except to say that it combines some of the best qualities of the Fleurie-Poncie and the Moulin-a-Vent Trois Roches. It's as suave and lavish as the latter but has some of the nimbleness of its sister Fleurie. But it also really conveys the site differences vis-a-vis the Poncie, as its richer, fleshier material and blue-fruited flavors are totally consistent with its warmer microclimate. In general, I am really loving the Vissoux style in this vintage. These aren't the juicy kind of Beaujolais you drink mainly for their thirst-quenching freshness (well, I guess the Traditionelle was in that category); these are plush, polished wines with all the sophistication, sap, and sex appeal of pinot noir.
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2.7 hectares Les Garants in Fleurie, southwest facing, granite soil. Vine age: 35 years old. Purple red color. On the palate full and intens, sappy red fruit, blackcurrants. Medium finish. Drink now or in 3 – 6 years.
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2009 Beaujolais (Dino, Washington DC): Nice, complex nose of minerals, ripe strawberries, and dusty plums. Really attractive flavors of raspberries, spices, and firm minerals. Serious structure with a long finish.
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3/7/2024 - jrobs7777 wrote:
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.
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5/19/2023 - coremill wrote: 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.
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1/14/2023 - drfloyd Likes this wine:
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.
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9/25/2022 - maxmanx wrote:
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.
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10/24/2020 - Neurowine1 Likes this wine: 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.
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7/3/2020 - Paul Lin wrote: flawed
Sweaty socks and acetone.
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6/3/2020 - cweiss Likes this wine:
Good time to enjoy this.
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1/3/2020 - gordoyflaca Likes this wine: 93 Points
Really nice, great right now, fresh acidity and dark cherries, blackberry
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10/20/2019 - FransS wrote: 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!
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7/14/2019 - MQuentel@web.de wrote: 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.
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6/6/2019 - CWilliam wrote:
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+/-
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3/25/2019 - sleepyhaus wrote:
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.
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2/9/2019 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 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.
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1/28/2019 - Paul Lin wrote: 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.
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8/3/2018 - maxmanx wrote:
Still plenty of life left.
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6/29/2018 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine: 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!
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5/25/2018 - sawira wrote: 91 Points
Earthy. Maybe fading a bit....
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1/22/2018 - maxmanx wrote:
No rush on these. I bought heavy into the 09 Bojo's, and glad I did.
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6/25/2017 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine:
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!
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4/20/2017 - cweiss Likes this wine:
Big brawny and balanced. Drink or hold.
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1/23/2017 - pjhr Likes this wine: 92 Points
As delicious as the previous bottle with resolving tannins since the last bottle.
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8/24/2016 - fitzi wrote:
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.
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3/25/2016 - Enfantterrible wrote: 88 Points
Nice wine, fully ready to drink. Only quibble is a slight tin note on nose and finish
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3/17/2016 - CWilliam wrote:
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.
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3/4/2016 - pjhr Likes this wine: 92 Points
Delicious dark cherries and minerals on the nose and well structured palate with refreshing tannins and acidity on the finish.
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12/21/2015 - Enfantterrible wrote: 89 Points
Very nice bottle. Great fruit profile with something savory on the finish. I will finish this batch in the next 6 months, as the tannins have melted, and I don't get the sense that the structure will hold much longer
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11/26/2015 - Cote d'Or wrote:
PopnPour, tasted over 1 hr
-nearly opaque dark red
-restrained dark fruit intense stoniness raspberry
-med acidity comes in near the finish almost prickly (?slightly petillent), lighter weight but good concentration mostly minerality and earthiness with some grapey black fruit elements, mostly resolved fine chalky tannins
-drinking well now with many good years ahead
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8/31/2015 - fitzi wrote:
Tried one based on the preceding note. Such vivacity, paired with good vinous volume, cosseting texture, and balancing fruit. A wonderful wine now. I'd planned to hold these bottles longer, but this was border-line irresistable.
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8/26/2015 - kbcadeponei wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful gamay, all in place for this light medium bodied lady. Raspberries, strawberries and wild flowers greets us and soon reveal us beautiful tropical profile, with lychees, bananas and lemon leaf. Smoked tones add sophistication and there is this beautiful buttery feel on the finish, concluding this smooth and intimate experience. 91
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8/21/2015 - melzar wrote: 91 Points
Everything you can ask of a Cru Beaujolais. Fragrant nose with iron notes leads to a lively refreshing fruity palate. The perfect picnic wine. Not complex, but begging for another sip. Good acidity and a long finish. Years like 2009 don't come around often enough. This wine shows what the Gamay grape can do in a great year.
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7/17/2015 - WMWG Likes this wine: 93 Points
Gorgeous nose of black cherry, plum, confectioner's sugar, and some smoke that continued to gain complexity in the glass. Good acidity keeps this fresh on the palate, full bodied with a smooth and slightly lush mouthfeel; some grippiness still remains on the backside. With air this seemed to shed some weight on the backside to show its mature fruit. Long finish. This is fantastic and seems to be drinking at peak right now but shows no signs of fatigue.
Excellent - Drink Now or Hold
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7/17/2015 - salil wrote: 93 Points
I'm glad I bought and cellared a few of these based on Keith's praise and excitement when these came out. I liked this a lot right on release, but this was an even better showing than what I recall. The fruit's still incredibly sappy and ripe; lots of cherry and red berried flavours with the same sense of freshness and brightness that it had on release, but now there's more complexity with an array of smoky, floral, and stony notes adding depth. The sense of finesse and polish on the palate makes this feel more like a Burgundy than most Cru Beaujolais, and there's a streak of fine grained tannin on the finish that suggests it has more time ahead still. Phenomenally good. I wish I had enough of this to both drink and hold.
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6/19/2015 - kbcadeponei wrote: 90 Points
Intriguing styled gamay, showing complexity yet undefined typicity, varying from tropical notes to elegance in a single glass. Plums, strawberry, dirt, leather, vegetal notes and distinct butter take turns and somehow fall nicely into place within this medium bodied, round and savory gamay. 90
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5/31/2015 - drfloyd Likes this wine:
Beautiful nose - soft cherry, high toned candied notes - would probably guess Bourgogne in a ripe year if blind. Palate is definitely gamay but nice and juicy (great acidity), some mushroom and secondary fruit characteristics - a bit of spice and a long finish - great wine and drinking well now.
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11/27/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Thanksgiving Miscellany with a Domestic Turkey (Los Gatos, California): Medium ruby. Brambly nose. Tighter and more dense than the young Foillard, although by no means heavy. Tart red fruit and cranberry acidity. This still needs time.
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10/31/2014 - markjanes Likes this wine: 89 Points
dark color, reddish rim. aromatically prunish dark and red fruits... lots of minerals, some hints of spice from oak. on the palate the wine has good acidity, a lot of fresh and sap on the midpalate, a moderate amount of firm tannins... moderate alcohol. this is a great wine... very serious beaujolais... i would’ve put this blind in a rustic burgundy village. great stuff if not very “fleurie”
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10/10/2014 - Diane (LI) wrote:
More earthy than previous bottles - bordering on too much, but staying within my limits. Fruit is toned down, but there is a lingering taste of cherry cough drop along with minerals.
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9/21/2014 - EhrlichDY Likes this wine: 92 Points
Great showing for this bottle. Popped and decanted one hour before dinner. Prominent mineral streak balanced by berry fruit. Good depth and balancing acid. As Keith noted this wine more resembles a good pinot (or perhaps pst) than a Cru Beaujolais. Drink now or hold to see if any additional character develops.
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8/31/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Even ruby. Tart dark red fruit and some herbs. Light to medium weight, cranberry acidity. Young and lean. Again proof that not all 2009 Beaujolais are fat, fruity wines.
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6/22/2014 - Jeanda Does not like this wine: 82 Points
Nez complètement fermé. En bouche le vin est terne, sans arôme, sans vie. Finale asséchante. Après plusieurs MAV 2009 du même producteur ayant connu pareil destin, voici le tour des Fleuries. L'espoir d'un redressement général est mince.
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4/21/2014 - Cote d'Or wrote:
PopnPour, tasted over 3 hrs
-dark but bright red, no bricking
-aromatic ripe plum jam, wet stone minerality
-barely med acidity, med+ concentrated mid-palate with still mostly primary plum fruit, moderate complexity, med weight, stony finish with ripe med- tannins
-another excellent '09 Beaujolais, on the serious side, has lost much of its baby fat but I bet this will be even more interesting in another 3-5 years
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3/17/2014 - chablis28 wrote: 87 Points
Dark purple color. Found this a bit big, grapey and simple for my liking. Thivin and Chanrion are my two, "go to" Cru Beaujolais guys and this showed nothing to unseat them for me. Would not buy again. Paid $25, drinks like $12. Sorry, I don't get the hype over this producer or this cuvee?
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1/8/2014 - Sotto325 wrote: 89 Points
This wine has evolved into a more serious profiled gamay, with restraint, some elegance, but with a loss of fruity spirit and a narrowing of the flavor profile. it may yet develop more complexity, but one doubts that. Very smooth, red grape, soaked wood smell and a straightforward darker gamay flavor that is not like a typical Fleurie--absence of floral notes. Again, time may improve this wine but not likely to do so. I have no idea where the 2040 outside date comes from!
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12/18/2013 - Enfantterrible wrote: 90 Points
Very impressive beaujolais. Wide range of fruit flavors in the blue/dark spectrum, balanced nicely with mineral elements. Good acidity and fine tannins keep it refreshing. My guess is that this this batch will drink well for another 5 years.
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12/1/2013 - Jeanda wrote: 89 Points
Nez plutôt discret, floral et fruits mûrs. Bouche charnue, juteuse, bien équilibrée. Finale assez courte. Bien fait, encore très jeune mais manquant un peu d'intensité aromatique.
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11/19/2013 - pifcho Likes this wine: 91 Points
It's been a while since I've revisited the vintage and happy to report that it seems like the wines are getting to a better place. On the first night, this was pretty open - still showing some of the very ripe fruit of the vintage and some primary grapiness, but also with good balance and freshness. Really liked it on the second night when the dark purple fruit moved more to the background and the wine's lively stony minerality came to the forefront. Very smooth, concentrated yet refreshing. Probably worth holding another couple of years as this is certainly headed the right way, but with air this is very enjoyable today. 91+
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11/3/2013 - Breedlove wrote: 87 Points
Bouche charnue donnant l'impression d'un supplément de matière. Le nez est sur la cerise noire avec de légères notes fumées. Très belle impression à l'ouverture mais à nettement décliné le troisième jour.
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7/11/2013 - YoRi wrote: 90 Points
Sombre et un peu voilé pour un Beaujolais. Décanté mais un peu de lie en verre.
Nez discret mais intéressant, framboise noire et tabac doux.
En bouche, belle tenue, intense, framboise et cacao avec un coté léger, gouleyant en contraste.
Vieilli bien mais ne tarderai pas à ouvrir le reste de mon inventaire.
Excellent rapport Q_P comme bien des crus du Beaujo
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6/16/2013 - sebastienjm wrote: 91 Points
Quelle robe intense qui annonce un concentration hors norme! En effet, les arômes sont explosifs, très mûrs, et le fruit en bouche est somptueux, c'est très réussi et le rapport prix est fabuleux !
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5/5/2013 - fitzi wrote:
Way young, with plenty of rough and stoney substance, just softened by a residual layer of youthful fruit. Hold. This wine is supposed to be made from grapes grown in the same area as Coudert's Fleurie comes from - and, similarly, formerly classified as Moulin.
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4/2/2013 - drwine2001 wrote:
Deep red. Absolutely typical bitter cherry and (true to the appellation) prominent purple flowers. Medium weight, fine acidity bordering on tart. It picks up blueberry and cinnamon as it sits open. Beautiful development over the 2 years since I last had this, and clearly still on an upward slope. A particularly well structured wine from this sometimes overly ripe vintage.
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3/21/2013 - Rob and Meg wrote: 90 Points
Basketball, Beaujolais, and More! (Weygandt Wines - Washington, DC): Deep, complex nose of dark cherries, lavender, sea spray, and fallen pine. This is wonderfully textured and medium bodied, boasting gorgeous ripe blackberries backed by wet slate, fallen, leaves and drying tannins. The long finish excites with sweet dried berries, licorice, and cinnamon. Gorgeous and wide open, with the stuffing to last. Drink or Hold. R&M90
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3/6/2013 - Floyd77 Likes this wine: 89 Points
A delight!
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2/21/2013 - Barry Rothof wrote: 85 Points
A few cru Beaujolais !: Aged for 6 months in new oak tuns and 10% in new barrels. Vines are right on the Moulin-a-Vent border. The mouthfeel is full of intense sweet dark red-fruit. Hot and heavy, missing refreshing acidity. To my palate, this wine was too jammy.
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1/17/2013 - Zweder wrote: 85 Points
Monthly Tasting Group LTB 2013-01; France around Lyon (by EvA): Transparent red. Cherry yoghurt in the bouquet. On the palate primary cherries, banana, lactic, mild acidity and tannin. Light bodied, tasty and clean.
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1/17/2013 - Diane (LI) wrote:
With our rustic but simple dinner of pasta with sauteed kale, red onion and prosciutto, I wanted a simple but rustic wine. This one fit the bill. A tight coil of cherries and grapey Gamay. The best part was the finish when the juiciness of the fruit lingers and mixes with violets, minerality and acidity, with notes of animal that pop up. I'd put my glass down and quickly lift it again. Delicious.
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12/26/2012 - CWilliam wrote:
Consistent with prior notes -delicious,easy to drink and food friendly. 91+/-
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12/7/2012 - xwine wrote:
Again, an excellent bottle of this serious and lovely Beaujolais.
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12/5/2012 - Capt Cutlass wrote: 88 Points
Popped and poured. Heady nose of cherry & blueberry juice. The palate was much more closed, mineral and taut initially without yielding much fruit, just lightly chalky tannins. After 2 hours some sweetness emerged through the acidity but the tannins still had the upper hand. Either this is going downhill or it needs more time - I am going for the latter! Re-visit in 2 years perhaps?
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11/27/2012 - Breedlove wrote: 87 Points
Peut être un peu moins bien que la dernière dégustation. À boire sur sa jeunesse.
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11/23/2012 - fitzi wrote:
With TG dinner: taut, minerally, good fruit without any Beaujolais candy. Really an ideal wine for the meal. Balanced and lithe. From magnum.
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8/13/2012 - xwine wrote:
Beautiful mineral-infused wine, with an earthy fruitiness, and terrific balance. Elegant and compelling. Excellent.
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6/21/2012 - CWilliam wrote: 91 Points
Consistent with note from 1/2011- Decanted for 20 minutes before dinner. Just plain gulpable & great with food given acids. I don't know why I buy burgs (pinot) for $20 or under when you can get a Cru Beaujolais at that price point that is stellar. 91+/- This opened up much quicker (although it was better with 1 hour+ of air time).
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6/14/2012 - greenblanket wrote:
Sweet Jesus! (and I'm not talking about Montero here). This is in a beautiful place.
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6/9/2012 - WST wrote: 91 Points
Damn, I blew it! The bottle I opened 18 months ago was lackluster, so I didn't reload when I had the chance. Last night's bottle was phenomenal. A coiled spring of verve and energy. Tart black cherries, raspberries, and smokey minerality. Blew away the fine '09 Jean-Paul Brun Terres Dorées Fleurie I had the night before.
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5/30/2012 - konquest Likes this wine: 92 Points
Spectacular Fleurie. The bottle was empty before we could blink the eye.
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4/8/2012 - xwine wrote:
Not much to add to the note from February 2011, except that it didn't take much time to open up. Really showing terrific energy and structure in an elegant package (especially for a 2009). A superb Beaujolais.
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3/9/2012 - meurig Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drank at Fond with Judie, Arnie & Kristie
Really damn good Fleurie (for me WOTN)
Nice balance of fruit, mineral and acid - just the ticket
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1/24/2012 - CWilliam wrote: 90 Points
Delicious & gulpable but structure to pair with food - consistentent with note from 2/11. No banana peel notes this time & minerality (wet rocks/granite?) more noticeable. 90+ and would buy again.
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1/21/2012 - Riccardo Malocchio wrote: 91 Points
Decanted 3hrs. A gorgeous Fleurie, certainly of its 2009 vintage and yet somehow still quite classical. Rich and sweetly fruited with a stony minerality awash in a salty vinous broth. Structured to go the distance, but very open and fetching already. Lovely.
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12/10/2011 - YoRi wrote: 90 Points
Bu en parallèle avec Saumur
Premier nez discret de framboise.
En bouche, c'est frais et gouleyant. Framboise légèrement poivré.
Acidité moyenne, tanin discret et souple.
Excellent rapport qualité/plaisir/prix
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11/20/2011 - salil wrote: 86 Points
A huge change from the bottle I had earlier this year. This one's rather one-note, full of bright, juicy fruit but not much more. It still has a lovely silken texture and a sense of polish to it, nice balance but the nuance and depth here is hiding right now.
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11/3/2011 - jtinto wrote: 87 Points
Nice acidity and minerality.
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11/1/2011 - Breedlove wrote: 89 Points
+2 pts par rapport à ma dernière bouteille ouverte il y a 1 an.
Vin de plaisir dès l'ouverture, avec un fruité incroyable accompagnées de notes fuméees et lardées que je n'avais rencontré sur un beaujolais.
En bouche, c'est un gant de velours...
Très beau vin.
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10/16/2011 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 91 Points
Beaujolais Themed Euro Lunch (Donato Enoteca, Redwood City, California): Very dark ruby color; tart black cherry nose; tart black cherry, tart black raspberry palate with good acidity; medium-plus finish 91+ points
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10/11/2011 - jvogel wrote:
It’s almost hard to believe this is Gamay Noir. A huge, billowy nose full of mesquite, warm raspberry preserves, molten rock and the exuberant florality for which Fleurie is famous. I suspected the palate would never match the personality of the nose on this wine. I was wrong. This over-delivered with a rich, structured palate full of chiseled granite spark, blackberry and plum, some bitter chocolate notes married to a kiss of coffee bean, more mesquite notes and touch of fruit pit. There’s a great line of tannin here, rather brilliant in the way it frames some of the more obvious Gamay characteristics, keeping them from grinding precipitously toward confectionary, Duboeuf-y territory. If you can still find this wine on the market, it’s a slam-dunk. For what I paid (13 Euro), it’s practically a daily drinker. Thankfully, this was NOT my last bottle of this gem.
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9/30/2011 - Siggy wrote: 92 Points
Big, racy, and structured. Gorgeous, complex nose -- cranberries, blood orange, woodsmoke, and cinnamon. Pronounced mineral (granite?) on the midpalate. Rich and silky-textured, with a wave of tart acidity that clamps down on the finish. Despite its obvious ripeness and power, it really tastes like Fleurie, not a caricature or ripe-vintage distortion. Really needs more time.
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9/28/2011 - wickedwax wrote:
Aromas of primarily dark fruit, but also some raspberry and strawberry with saline mineral notes. Brooding, with good acidity. Good depth and structure with a minerally finish, but overall fairly closed -- needs time.
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9/2/2011 - Winopig wrote:
Cherry fruit. I couldn't pick up any non fruit taste. Clean wine!
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8/26/2011 - manonthemoon wrote: 89 Points
Notes from day 2.
Dark red to light purple color.
Nose of fresh strawberries, a little floral, fall leaves.
Palate of mixed raspberry, a little unripe strawberry, little earth, and iron.
Finish was average in length with good acidity showing.
Overall the wine opened up nicely since yesterday where it was much too tight to really get anything on the nose or palate.
Good solid Cru Bojo.
Drink or hold: 50+5+12+16+6
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8/26/2011 - TheBusiness724 wrote: 90 Points
I had opened this a full week earlier and drank just over a glass before putting the cork back in and leaving it on the counter, untouched, until now. I half expected to be pouring it down the drain, but we gave it a shot first and I was surprised to find the freshest scent of just picked strawberries still with their leaves and some dirt on them. And that was it. There was nothing else to smell but that. Still perfectly fine to drink too, but definitely marked a bit by the '09 vintage.
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7/31/2011 - Gargantua wrote: 87 Points
Not bad but not my type of beaujolais. A bit chewy and the alcohol sticks out to my palate.
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7/31/2011 - kosmik wrote: 89 Points
13% d'alcool, 100% Gamay
Oeil : rubis moyen soutenu, forte viscosité en parois
Nez : projection d'intensité moyenne+, très frais, fruits devant, cassis, myrtilles, fraises de champs, pamplemousse (!), laurier, fleurs blanches, touche balsamique, boisé élégant, fumée, végétal, roses séchées, mentholé, minéral
Bouche : sec, ample, acidité rafraîchissante à vive, attaque fruitée et croquante, amertume légère, astringence moyenne, tanins plutôt charnus, minéral léger, persistance moyenne à longue, rétro balsamique, minérale, florale, fruité (cassis), laurier...
Conclusion : locasse et élégant, fruité à l'avant et croquant, belle complexité, acidité franche qui en fait un bon compagnon de repas. Gagnera avec le temps. Superbe équilibre d'ensemble. Devrait évoluer en beauté jusqu'en 2016, au moins. À revisiter. 89-90
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7/8/2011 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine:
These are good and consistent from bottle to bottle.
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6/29/2011 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine: 94 Points
I am so glad this showed as well as it did. I have had a couple of heat tinged Poincie bottles and was hoping my initial assessment of this wine would not get downgraded. This is really good. Soft and slightly tart bluish fruit, inviting aromas of baking spices and some iron/game blood. Full and invigorating finish. Still showing very well.
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6/26/2011 - Sotto325 wrote: 90 Points
After a very unpleasant experience earlier this year with a 2009 Beaujolais Villages, this was my first serous cru 2009 Beaujolais. Wonderful. Clearly this will age, but the gamay is being coaxed to new levels, just as the commentaotrs suggest. A good deal of sharp plum cherry, red berry fruit and a nice balance suggesting further complexity.
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5/14/2011 - drwine2001 wrote:
Further Assessment of 2009 Beaujolais; 5/13/2011-5/14/2011 (San Francisco Wine Trading Company and Beltramo's (Menlo Park)): Invitingly floral with raspberries. Almost perfect in every way-absolutely delicious red fruit, medium weight with sappiness, balanced and complex. Long, gently fading finish that is neither too tannic nor too tart. For now or later. This is right up there with the Foillard as the most complete and exciting wines of the vintage based upon extensive tastings at this point.
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4/18/2011 - kscopela wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful acidic wine. another great '09
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4/11/2011 - BillB656 Likes this wine:
Lovely stuff! Aromatic, lithe, and simply delicious. Plenty of fruit, just enough tartness, super nice balance. This bottle disappeared very quickly.
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3/25/2011 - salil wrote: 92 Points
Starts out very primary; full of deep cherry and ripe berried fruit on a medium weight, polished frame. With a couple of hours in a decanter it really opens as nuances of baking spices, violets and savoury earthy and minerally accents develop around the fruit and the acids become more prominent. There's an incredibly polished, silken texture to this, tremendous depth and persistence and I'm glad to have more in the cellar. Fantastic wine.
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3/20/2011 - nospeel wrote: 90 Points
Strawberry and smoke. Nice body and acidity - please give this baby some air! Nice minerality on the finish...
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3/5/2011 - jrobs7777 wrote: 91 Points
2009 Beaujolais (Our House (2033 Brandywine St., Philadelphia)): This was tough to figure on the first night, but was stunning on the second night. Crushed raspberry, minerals, sous bois and menthol on the nose. Good amount of salinity and quite youthful on the palate. Nice acidity. Tough nut to crack on first night. On second night, much more depth and concentration. Fruit a bit more mellow. Medium finish. Should age well for several years.
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3/5/2011 - ews3 wrote: 88 Points
2009 Beaujolais Taasting (Josh & Shannon's): raspberry and menthol notes are most prominent on this. it is fairly forward & juicy -- a bit of juice box character to the raspberry and plum notes. medium(+) acid keeps this fresh and hints at aging potential. medium(-) finish shows an interesting nutmeg note that i liked, but the acid shows through most prominently. this needs some time to mellow.
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3/4/2011 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium red. Cool, tart aromatics. Leaner than most wines of the vintage, very linear blackberry fruit, stony finish. This begs for more time.
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3/1/2011 - Neurowine1 wrote: 89 Points
Ripe, dark fruits. Pretty nose, yet cooler and a bit more brooding than the other 09s I have drank this year. Has a half-dozen years ahead to evolve more.
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2/24/2011 - ekallio wrote:
Pop and pour. The ripeness of 2009 definitely shows here, this has terrific fruit quality. The first impression was of juiciness without quite as much acid as I had hoped and therefore seeming to lack some energy, but unsurprisingly also this Bojo needed quite a bit of air to reveal its stuff. A fantastic, seamless, medium-weight silky mouthfeel and just great depth of flavour. So smooth & deep, burgundian, just super stuff. Wow.
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2/21/2011 - TimOn12 wrote:
Drank one night after having the Coudert Clos De La Roilette, and it is almost like that but with more everything across the board. very plush indeed, but retains the floral nose i think of when i think of Fleurie. very, very enjoyable...now to find more.
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2/21/2011 - christyler wrote: 89 Points
Very solid bottle of wine....but one of those disappointing instances where hype causes something very good to fall slightly below expectations. Very well put together and drinking beautifully now but not incredibly distinctive or cellar-worthy. Still looking for a case of 09 Bojo to put away...
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2/13/2011 - CWilliam wrote: 90 Points
2009 Beaujolais Outside (Beebe House): Beautiful fruit on nose & palate. Smokey / strawberry / red currants / vanilla (touch of banana peel as well). Medium body / medium acids - palate consitent with nose + plums. Long finish. Some tannins noticeable on the finish. Delicious wine. 90+ (I preferred the LaPierre Morgon and the Chermette Brouilly to this wine).
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2/9/2011 - z_willus_d wrote: 93 Points
When I first opened this, it was very aromatically active with loads of rich fruit and baking spices and plenty of other descriptors I will not try and recall here. I had to leave the glass on the table for two or more hours without a taste, and when I had returned to it, with the addition of an unwelcome fruit fly in the medium dark purple-red liquid, the nose had markedly toned down leaving aromas of plum, violets, wet stones, soy; but still good depth lurking beneath the veil. This is an incredibly active, lively wine that displays an almost ethereal quality in its mouth-feel but is imbued with a silty, savory quality like soy sauce atop kosher salt atop wide egg noodles. Sure, there’s also sour boysenberry with black raspberry fruit here, but it’s the lively floral sveltiness and sparkling, salty minerality that mark the signature. Acidity defines the structure of this wine, but there’s also a modicum of tannin spine dissolved within. It’s hard to understand how a wine like this wouldn’t garner higher scores from the professionals, but perhaps it’s the category. Suffice it to say, this sappy, vinous, ultra-real Beaujolas has certainly charmed me.
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2/8/2011 - xwine wrote:
Popped and poured, and followed over the course of three hours. Telltale vivid purple color. The knockout nose is very floral, an elegant and refined Beaujolais, then develops a distinct mineral note. Palate is initially very restrained, and seems to be a bit hollow on the mid-palate and finish; but then the minerals and red fruit come forward, and the wine seemingly comes alive, but always stays true to what is at its core an elegant, exceptionally well balanced, serious and lovely Beaujolais. I happened to pick this up by chance for a mere $14.50, knowing nothing about it. Glad I did, and I’m going back for more.
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2/4/2011 - joshwoodward wrote: 87 Points
Decanted 1h. My first of the coveted 2009 Beaujolais, and not the best start. The nose is dusty with candied red cherries. On the palate, quite ripe with good acidity, but slightly lacking on tannins and that great cru Beaujolais minerality. And there's some of that dreaded candied fruit that plagues the non-cru wines. It's pleasant, but not delivering the punch I was hoping from the vintage or the pricepoint ($29). Maybe I'm just not a fan of Fleurie.
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1/26/2011 - WST wrote: 87 Points
I've been loving the '09 Cru Beaujolais, and tasting through several. I popped this one tonight to see if I wanted a reload (one last shipment arrive at WineX). I'm gonna pass. This has beautiful fruit; reminded me of those blackberry/raspberry jellied candies. I just prefer a bit more acidity to balance the generous fruit; this wine is a little sappy. I'm obviously in the minority of professional and recreational reviewers; to each his own wine. I'm gonna save my reload money for more JP Brun Terres Dorees Fleurie, or some Foillard (if that ever comes 'round again).
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12/11/2010 - greenblanket Likes this wine:
Greenblanket is going to have to learn to keep his hands off these but it's going to be hard because of the combination of pretty Gamay fruit, earthy herbal notes, and elegant structure.
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11/26/2010 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 94 Points
This is a soaring wine that is fully in control of itself. It has a purple pink hue. The beautiful red and lightly colored airy fruit come across the nose as fruity, but with such fathomless ethereal depth. The nose makes one feel a little 'giddy'. In the mouth the wine is fully in control and balanced. The fruit is harmonious. Lightly red and naturally sweet, it is lightly spiced and just popping with finesse and brightness. Really, a show-stopper! Pop and pour, drank over 24 hour period.
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11/17/2010 - Breedlove wrote: 87 Points
Belle texture veloutée en bouche assez inattendue pour un vin aussi jeune.
Les arômes sont sur le fruit avec une évolution sur les trois jours où la bouteille a été consommée. La fraise est ainsi ressortie le deuxième jour alors que le troisième les notes de pruneau étaient plus domantes.
Très bien en accompagnement d'une viande blanche ou d'un risotto.
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11/14/2010 - greenblanket wrote:
Young and wrapped up pretty tight at this point - we followed this wine over two days and it just kept on changing and giving us different glimpses of it's character. We experienced hints of a black fruited floral bouquet and an energetic palate of deep fruit, mineral and game-y broth. Clearly, there is fantastic freshness, texture and depth here. This teletubby is ill prepared to predict how this wine may develop over time but he's sure happy that he stocked up for the ride.
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11/6/2010 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 95 Points
Tough to describe this one except to say that it combines some of the best qualities of the Fleurie-Poncie and the Moulin-a-Vent Trois Roches. It's as suave and lavish as the latter but has some of the nimbleness of its sister Fleurie. But it also really conveys the site differences vis-a-vis the Poncie, as its richer, fleshier material and blue-fruited flavors are totally consistent with its warmer microclimate. In general, I am really loving the Vissoux style in this vintage. These aren't the juicy kind of Beaujolais you drink mainly for their thirst-quenching freshness (well, I guess the Traditionelle was in that category); these are plush, polished wines with all the sophistication, sap, and sex appeal of pinot noir.
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10/17/2010 - Barry Rothof wrote: 89 Points
2.7 hectares Les Garants in Fleurie, southwest facing, granite soil. Vine age: 35 years old. Purple red color. On the palate full and intens, sappy red fruit, blackcurrants. Medium finish. Drink now or in 3 – 6 years.
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10/12/2010 - tooch wrote: 90 Points
2009 Beaujolais (Dino, Washington DC): Nice, complex nose of minerals, ripe strawberries, and dusty plums. Really attractive flavors of raspberries, spices, and firm minerals. Serious structure with a long finish.
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