2016 Joseph Drouhin Moulin-à-Vent

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 86.7 points

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  6/27/2020 - Joopdrinktwijn wrote: 85 Points

  Deze Gamay is meer rood dan paars. Fruitige en kruidige lichte wijn met een beetje tannine. Soepele doordrinker

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  5/15/2019 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points

  13% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Deep, dark and moderately translucent cherry red color with a somewhat youthful hue. Youthful, fruity and slightly reductive nose with aromas of gunpowder smoke, some sweet dark-toned fruits, a little bit of toasty oak, light plummy tones and a hint of licorice. The wine is youthful, fruity and medium-to-moderately full-bodied on the palate with flavors of ripe blackberries, some sweet black raspberries, a little bit of wild strawberries, light licorice tones, a spicy hint of toasty oak and a subtly reductive touch of gunpowder smoke. The wine is textural and quite firm with its moderately high alcohol and firm medium tannins. The finish is ripe, moderately tannic and lengthy with quite dry flavors of ripe black cherries, some stony minerality, a little bit of sour cherry bitterness, light blackberry tones, a hint of savory wood spice and a touch of sweet plummy fruit.
  
  A brooding, muscular and quite dark-toned Gamay that tastes more like South Africa than Beaujolais. As the wine was popped and poured, it didn't have any time to blow its reduction off, which lent a somewhat smoky and slightly flinty touch to both the nose and the taste. Overall quite enjoyable, but perhaps lacking distinction - up to the point that it wasn't particularly recognizable as a Gamay. Good, but nothing special to write home about. Priced somewhat according to its quality at 16,99€.

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  2/5/2019 - forceberry wrote: 87 Points

  13% alcohol.
  
  Deep, dark and quite intense black cherry color that permits rather little light through. The nose is lively yet quite brooding with dark-toned aromas of sweet black cherries, some savory oak spice, a little bit of licorice, a hint of vibrant cranberry-driven red fruit and a touch of blackberry marmalade. Overall the nose feels slightly Burgundian and quite polished compared to the often more wild and crunchy style of Cru Beaujolais. The wine is moderately full-bodied, ripe and dark-toned with relatively big overall feel and somewhat polished flavors of sweet black cherries and blackberries, some licorice, a little bit of juicy red-toned primary fruit, a hint of savory oak spice and a touch of toasty wood. The mouthfeel is quite textural and somewhat soft with medium-to-moderately high acidity and ripe, gentle medium tannins. The finish is ripe, juicy and somewhat spicy with gentle tannic grip and slightly sweet-toned flavors of blackberries, peppery spice, some sour cherry bitterness, a little bit of sweet wild strawberry and a hint of dark plummy fruit.
  
  A rather ripe, dark-toned and polished Moulin-à-Vent with somewhat Burgundian overall feel. The wine certainly shows the bold fruity typical of the appellation, but it is still somewhat anonymous in style. It is not a bad wine by any means, but perhaps lacking any kind of character that would keep me interested. An accessible and quite versatile everyday wine, but beyond that. Might benefit from a few years in a cellar, but doesn't really scream for any further aging. Priced somewhat according to its quality at 16,99€.

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