2008 Joseph Drouhin Moulin-à-Vent

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 87.8 points

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  8/21/2016 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Pretty nose of delicate flowers, blueberry, ripe strawberry, and earth. Lip-smacking red fruit with subdued tannins. Good, but am I wrong to think of Beaujolais as poor man's Burgundy?
  
  Tasted at Matahari Resort in Bali, where I'm pleased to report that it was maintained in good conditions.

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  4/9/2013 - hcl-1 wrote: 87 Points

  Immer noch sehr gut, hat mir aber gestern nicht so gut gefallen wie damals. Alle Bestandteile nach wie vor vorhanden und gut integriert, aber der Gesamteindruck war nicht so stark wie vor einem Jahr. PLV immer noch gut.

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  3/16/2012 - hcl-1 wrote: 89 Points

  In the begining quite acidic and thin, like a € 5,-- beaujolais from the supermarket. After several hours (~4-6) breathing, it showed a very nice creamy texture (kind of chewy as well, if that makes sense), a nice fruit (strawberry), the acidity is much better integrated. Really delicious. Good QPR. Not sure about the points, somewhere between 87-89. I left half the bottle for the next day, so I'll decide that later.
  
  Still very good on the next evening . A good earthy minerality, very good fruit/acidity combination, light tannins and a quite "strong" taste for a beaujolais. I really like it. 24 hours of breathing was maybe a bit too much, because the fruit got a little less dominant, but 8-12 hours in the corked bottle (or an equivalent shorter time in the decanter) seem to be necessary or at least helpful. I decided for 89 p. now, good QPR at ~ € 10,-- .

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