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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 53 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jlhkiss on 6/30/2023 & rated 89 points: Consistent with previous notes. This is funky, tangy, sour, and extremely drinkable after nearly 5 years from harvest. Paired nicely with Thai pork curry and mixed sides. Drink 2023-2027. Technical score: 88. Enjoyment score: 90. (382 views) | | | Tasted by Bolzano2022 on 2/23/2023 & rated 88 points: Light, cheery, red fruit, bubble gum, some mineral. (563 views) | | | Tasted by FiggySmalls on 10/15/2022: pretty and crunchy wild berry jam with lots of pastis (notes below mentioning rhubarb, raspberry and strawberry are spot on.) Jammy but not confectionary or glycerined by high alcohol--just fresh and light.
right now the acid is medium for the style. the wine is soft, expressive and highly fragrant on pnp (661 views) | | | Tasted by jlhkiss on 9/29/2022 & rated 91 points: Heavy on the raspberry jam. Tart, some rhubarb too, and some crunchy greens. Very good QPR. Good freshness, balance, firm acidity, and strong tannins (especially for the vintage). This is completely one-dimensional but truly meets the classic definition of a 'quaffer.' Drink 2023-2027. Technical score: 90. Enjoyment score: 92. (663 views) | | | Tasted by pjhr on 8/11/2022 & rated 91 points: Tasty red berry, mineral, and floral notes on the nose and palate with chewy tannins on the moderate finish. Delicious quaffer! (689 views) | | | Tasted by WashingtonWagner on 11/1/2021: Tasty. Chocolate. (984 views) | | | Tasted by WashingtonWagner on 11/1/2021: Chocolate (1213 views) | | | Tasted by Elycohn on 10/31/2021 & rated 90 points: A good reminder that winemakers matter. Even in the years when it's all about raspberry. Foillard expertly assembles down to his Village.
Has mild but present aromatics, a depth of flavor playing off of texture. Crackly gravel, tart crunch, green stem.
This isn't a red berry blanket statement. This is raspberry jam. The seeds and all. Leaves you feeling raspberries 'aint so boring if you can actually taste what a raspberry tastes like. (952 views) | | | Tasted by Ski2002 on 7/23/2021 & rated 91 points: Great stuff always from Foillard but nice to have a bottle to pop guilt free with a casual dinner. Red fruit, lots of cherries and strawberries, and strong florals on the nose with a medium body and a really food friendly crunchy acidity. Delicious. (1287 views) | | | Tasted by bnewendorp on 7/1/2021: Great for the price point, will buy more (1209 views) | | | Tasted by WittOnWine on 6/11/2021 & rated 89 points: Red fruit, rhubarb and cherries with a minerality not usually present in reds. Great Beaujolais Villages, wonderful wine at this price. (832 views) | | | Tasted by RbMike on 5/2/2021 & rated 91 points: Pure red fruit, both in aroma and taste. No discernible tannins, low acidity. Fresh and vibrant, meant to be enjoyed ASAP. Not cheap for a BV, but probably the highest expression of the appellation out there. (935 views) | | | Tasted by jhbrower1 on 4/7/2021 & rated 91 points: I'll never not love Foillard, even the villages. Super fresh, juicy red fruit. Floral AF. Classic natty Gamay. (1081 views) | | | Tasted by lucagiupponi on 3/30/2021: One glass leads to another. What else do you need in a wine? (848 views) | | | Tasted by europat55 on 2/22/2021 & rated 87 points: Nose: 87 Palate: 87 Tasted blind. I guess I'm not a big Gamay fan... ;) (1003 views) | | | Tasted by mayakacz on 2/21/2021: Appearance: pale ruby.
Nose: medium intensity of red cherry, white pepper.
Palate: dry, medium acidity, low tannin, medium alcohol, medium body. Medium flavour intensity of cranberry, red cherry, white pepper. Long finish.
Conclusion: very good - balanced, long finish, identifiability of flavours. (868 views) | | | Tasted by rcg62 on 1/15/2021 & rated 92 points: If there’s such thing as “serious” Beaujolais Villages, this is it. More concentrated and deeper than most. Not to go crazy, but much more Cru than typical. Loads of fruit and drinking great. (853 views) | | | Tasted by Rontay9000 on 12/17/2020: Evergreen flavors. Smells like chicken soup. Musty house. But with vanilla and pine. And some sewer. (831 views) | | | Tasted by MJR21401 on 12/15/2020 & rated 90 points: Clear garnet color. Bright red cherry and sweet floral notes on the nose. Secondary spice of clove and ginger. Less on the palate of the same with a nice soft tannin undertone. Surprisingly long finish with persistent acidity. Lovely expression of village level gamay. (809 views) | | | Tasted by Eugenedinapoli on 12/12/2020: Ruby/garnet. Black pepper, fruity creamy berries, slightest whiff of bananas. Smoothness wrapped around a buzzing acidity. Everything right in place; what a beaujo should be. Paired wonderfully w a roast turkey. (753 views) | | | Tasted by Sesesq on 12/11/2020 & rated 95 points: Freaking incredible. This blew away most crus. Not too much on the nose, little vague and some “pleasant funk” that’s blown off on day 2.
Thin body, very refreshing. Something to be slugged by the pool when you don’t feel like having the stereotypical vinho verde. Bright acidity and this funky, mossy, earthy slate note that hits you front in center. Then you notice the fruit: blueberries and strawberries! Zero tannins. Long finish. (766 views) | | | Tasted by Rhuby on 11/26/2020 & rated 92 points: Third of three Beaujolais-Villages bottles. A totally different wine compared to the Jadot/Drouhin. Great balance of lively fruit and (surprising) wood/earth on Days 1-2. Interesting sediment on Day 3, and lost the bright fruit. Should have took the final bottle from the crate.
Day 1: with European bass, stuffing, and green bean casserole. Light/medium red-purple, clear. Baking spices, nutmeg, yeast, bright red fruit, floral, light tannins, and lively acidity.
Day 2: with roasted duck, stuffing, cabbage. Still lively and fruity with smokey/woody undertones.
Day 3: with Cubano and tuna salad sandwiches. Notable sediment today. Cloudy/glittery appearance. Only a little soft fruit today - smokey/woody flavor profile dominates. Tannins more notable. (835 views) | | | Tasted by bps2266 on 10/7/2020: nose with soft strawberry, raspberry, wild flowers, licorice, maple, and granite. medium bodied with acidity encapsulated so that it doesn't touch the the edges of the tongue. how does he do that? lush soft red fruited palate. finishes with the faintest hint of dusty tannin. there's good fruit on the end and a faintly metallic, pleasing note. works well with or without food. these wines are unique. (918 views) | | | Tasted by Cochon74 on 9/28/2020: One of the most elegant expressions of Gamay I’ve ever had. Where I’ve always been impressed by the depth, richness, and relative power of my favorite Crus Beaujolais, I’m equally impressed by the finesse and refinement of this Villages.
The nose is all red fruit (strawberry and ripe raspberry) with hints of roses and a hint of fresh, moist mushroom.
The flavors follow through on the palate with a touch of minerally sharpness and a pleasant fruity tartness that screams freshness.
Light-bodied and incredibly drinkable, this tasted fantastic right out of the bottle, but continued to open up towards perfection over the course of two hours - the flavors growing more vivid, the flavors deeper.
An exceptional effort that delivers on all fronts. I’m glad Jean Foillard decided to stop making his Nouveau and create this gorgeous wine. (870 views) | | | Tasted by bps2266 on 9/22/2020: lighter garnet color. nose shows granite, clay, and some mild red fruit. plenty of great, high acidity and light bodied. raspberry and cherry flavors with plenty of limestone quality holding up. excellent as expected. (892 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
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# 2009 Vintage Notes:
"There will be a lot of absolutely delicious Beaujolais to try in 2009, as it is indeed a very good, atypically ripe and opulent vintage for Beaujolais. As others here have mentioned, the Louis-Dressner and Kermit Lynch portfolios cover many of the very best estates (with an honorable mention for importer Weygandt-Metzler), and just choosing from their strip labels is a very good jumping off point. As a quick primer, the three best Beaujolais and Beaujolais-Villages producers that I regularly cross paths with are the aformentioned Jean-Paul Brun and his Domaine Terres Dorées, Pierre Chermette of Domaine du Vissoux and Domaine Dupeuble from the Kermit Lynch's portfolio. I also find the Beaujolais-Villages from Joseph Drouhin consistently excellent and very classic in style and like all of this firm's Beaujolais, a completely underrated source for very top drawer Crus and B-Villages.
Amongst the Cru Beaujolais, it is important to keep in mind(again as folks have mentioned already) that certain villages tend to produce much more structured wines, and this will be very evident in a powerful vintage like 2009. In general terms, the wines from Moulin-a-Vent, Morgon and Cote de Brouilly are going to demand a bit of bottle age to really start to drink well in 2009, and these may not be the best growers to focus on when tasting through the vintage to draw your own conclusions. But in these appellations, if you keep in mind that what you are tasting is likely going to need five years of bottle age to really blossom from these crus, you cannot go wrong with Kermit Lynch's "Gang of Five" producers- Thevenet, Lapierre, Foillard, Breton are four of the five- as well as Georges Descombes and Louis et Claude Desvignes from Louis-Dressner. I also like very much the Morgons made by Louis Jadot and Joseph Drouhin for the big houses, and Jean-Paul Brun also makes a very good example of Morgon.
In Moulin-a-Vent, Louis Jadot's Chateau des Jacques makes a very good range- though always structured when young- and Bernard Diochon is excellent year in and year out. Pierre Chermette also makes superb Moulin-a-Vent and the Drouhin version is consistently exceptional. In Cote de Brouilly, the two most exciting producers are Nicole Chanrion and Chateau Thivin (both represented by Kermit Lynch). The Chanrion is usually very accessible out of the blocks for this very stony terroir (it is an extinct volcano), while the Chateau Thivin bottlings demand time and are usually tight and structured when young. Better to try the delicious straight Brouilly from Chateau Thivin if you want to drink one of their wines out of the blocks, as that never demands patience and is lovely.
In the less structured Cru villages, wines I particularly like are the aformentioned Clos de la Roilette in Fleurie (they are the Chateau Yquem of the village- though their vines are right on the Moulin-a-Vent border and the wine used to be sold as Moulin-a-Vent before the AOC went into effect, so they are a bit more structured than most Fleuries), Cedric Chignard, Jean-Paul Brun and Pierre Chermette are all very, very good sources. Domaine Diochon in Moulin-a-Vent also makes a good Fleurie, as does Joseph Drouhin. In general these will be more floral, open and sappy bottles of Beaujolais out of the blocks and they will be delicious from the get-go.
In St. Amour, Domaine des Billards makes absolutely brilliant wines and is one of my favorite producers in all of Beaujolais. In Julienas, Michel Tete is the star producer, but I also like the Drouhin bottling from here very well indeed. There are many more outstanding bottlings to be found scattered thorughout the crus and I am sure that I am forgetting several worthy estates, but this at least will give you a good "to do" list to get started with the vintage. The only '09s I have tasted thus far are the Joseph Drouhin wines, which I tasted through in Beaune in March, and they are deep, sappy and beautifully soil-driven. If all the other top estates have made wines in this style, then this is indeed going to be a very special vintage for the region. But with the wines from Morgon and Moulin-a-Vent, you may do better trying a few bottles from either the 2006 or 2007 vintage if you can find them well-stored, as these are less structured vintages and both are beginning to really drink well from these villages." - John Gilman
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"The 2014 vintage in Beaujolais is absolutely terrific and probably, along with 2011, the best vintage in the region since 2005. The region has had a bit of a rollercoaster ride in the last few years, with an absolutely phenomenal vintage in 2011 (particularly for those of us who like to age our Beaujolais for several years prior to serving), one of the most difficult growing seasons in recent memory in 2012, a good, solid classic vintage in 2013, and now, again, another truly outstanding vintage in 2014." - John Gilman
"2014 [...] vintage is a return to the mineral-cracked freshness and explosive low-alcohol red fruit the cru level wines of this region are famous for but have lacked since 2010/2011 (without the potentially hard/green/diffuse/underripe character found in many 2012/2013's)." - Jon Rimmerman
"the 2014s exhibit lively berry and floral character punctuated by zesty minerality. The wines are concentrated yet not heavy, and show good structure without coming off as outsized. Many producers I visited in June described the wines as a hybrid of the 2010s and 2011s, combining the structure of the earlier vintage and the fruit intensity of the latter. As such, the 2014s, as a group, are hugely appealing right now but I have no doubt that they will reward another three to five years of aging. Many of the brawniest 2014s have the material to see them through a decade or more of life but by that point they’ll have little resemblance to most peoples’ notion of Beaujolais, so I’d advise drinking almost all of the ‘14s before they hit their tenth birthday." - Josh Raynolds
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Vinification will not be straightforward and the 2015 vintage will be a reflection of the quality of the winemaker." - Jean Loron
"the wines have the potential to age and evolve beautifully" - Michael Apstein
# 2016 Vintage Notes:
"a harvest of soft, amply fruity wines, though without the depth and density of the outstanding 2015 harvest." - Wine Scholar Guild
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Trade body InterBeaujolais has said the 2018 harvest in the region will “go down in history as a legendary vintage” alongside the likes of 2017, 2015 and 2009." - Rupert Millar
#2018 Vintage Notes:
"The heatwave of July and August led growers to anticipate rich, high-alcohol wines akin to the excellent, but atypical, 2015s. However, probably due to the reserves of groundwater accumulated prior to June 20th, the 2018s are, as a rule, fresher, with slightly higher acidity and considerably lower alcohol than their counterparts from 2015. There is, nonetheless, an appealing fleshiness or rondeur to many 2018s, which suggests they won’t keep for as long as the more mineral 2017s – which are really hitting their stride now – but makes them highly seductive from the word go.
Another interesting theme, which we encountered in wines from various domaines across different crus, is a Cabernet Franc-like leafy character towards the back of the palate, which contributes an extra degree of freshness and buvabilité." Will Heslop Beaujolais-Villages Beaujolais-Villages (Inter Beaujolais)
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