2011 Domaine Labruyere Moulin-à-Vent Clos du Moulin à Vent

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  6/4/2022 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  Made with old-vine fruit sourced from the 60-yo monopole lieu-dit Le Clos du Moulin-à-Vent covering 0,92 hectares. 100% of the fruit is destemmed and fermented in concrete tanks. Aged in French oak barrels (10% new) for 16 months, the blended together in a concrete tank and aged for another 2 months. 13% alcohol.
  
  Concentrated, dense and quite fully opaque black cherry color with an evolved pomegranate hue. The nose feels sweet and somewhat matured with slightly tertiary aromas of raisiny dark fruits and some prunes, a little bit of ripe black cherry, light toasty notes of mocha oak, a hint of balsamic richness, a toasty touch of chocolatey oak and a whiff of fresh bilberry. The wine is dense, firm and chewy on the palate with a medium body and intense, dry flavors of juicy black cherries, some balsamic notes, a little bit of toasty oak spice, light gravelly mineral nuances, a hint of cacao nibs and a touch of sour cherry bitterness. The wine feels enjoyably structured and still relatively tightly-knit with its high acidity and moderately grippy tannins. The finish is long, quite grippy and moderately evolved with rather intense flavors of wizened dark berries, some balsamic richness, a little bit of toasty oak spice, light gravelly mineral nuances, a hint of sour cherry bitterness and a ferrous touch of blood.
  
  A bold, muscular and somewhat modern Cru Beaujolais that has evolved quite nicely. The wine still shows some toasty oak character, but not to the extent I would find it distracting. The wine feels relatively oaky after so many Bojos that had very little if any oak influence, but thanks to the 10 years of aging, most of the oakier nuances have integrated quite nicely with the somewhat evolved fruit flavors and the wine is starting to show some nice, mature depth and complexity without losing its firm, even slightly assertive structured feel. The wine is in a good phase right now, but I can see it evolving a bit more, losing some of that oak influence and perhaps resolving its tannins a bit more as well. A solid effort, if you are looking for a burly, structured and rather Burgundian Cru Beaujolais.

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  9/18/2021 - blaahhi wrote: 90 Points

  Cherry, violets, red fruit and some slight earthiness on the nose. The light to medium-bodied palate continues with the same ingredients, adding good acidity, some darker-toned fruit and fine-grained but grippy tannins. Long finish, tapering towards the acids and the tannins. The structure, the potential and the high-quality fruit is there, but still a bit tight. Hold, or drink now with a lot of air time.

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  2/14/2019 - Aglenardi Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Still tight, needs to be decanted and aerated for 20 mins before start to loosen up. I had the wine twice with consistent notes. It is a bit rustic and chewy with grippy tannins. Does it need more time? For me its a 89-90 at the moment. The 2014 surprisingly is much better

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  10/21/2016 - octopussy wrote: 89 Points

  Beaujolais Cru Night: Dense cherry red. In the nose, there's quite a lot of oak at first that blows off a bit with more air, the nose remains a bit polished and glitzy despite the oak not being as present anymore after a few minutes, black cherry fruit, oriental spices, some earth. In the mouth, it's not 100% in harmony at the moment, the tannins and acidity are sticking out a bit, but the dense body and great tension are impressive. Minerality driven finish. Modern style, needs some more years to be at peak.

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  5/13/2016 - arvidpalmqvist Likes this wine:

  Clear medium ruby with a hint of purple in the rim. Clean medium intensity nose of barnyard and fruit, red mostly but also dark. On the palate red fruit (raspberry, red cherry) with a hint of dark fruit like blackberry. Some hints of charred oak like chocolate and coffee. Medium+ acidity, medium body, dry, medium- tannins, medium finish.

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