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| Drinking window: Drink between 2014 and 2020 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.8 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 28 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by coremill on 5/20/2023 & rated 88 points: Nice, but not as good as the 2009 drunk the day before. Less depth, and there's a distinct green note here. (457 views) | | | Tasted by wilypod on 9/13/2021: Should have consumed before circa 2018. Not flawed, just intended for earlier drinking. (1175 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 5/31/2019 & rated 89 points: Last of 6 bottles. Carried this bottle to a coffee bar open tasting.
A little more fruit forward upon opening, although gained complexity as the evening went on.
Bright cherry fruit, some darker plum and blackberry notes, a bit of wet earth and rusty steel.
Nice persistence on the med+ length, fruit and wet woodsy finish.
Drink now through 2022. (1420 views) | | | Tasted by sleepyhaus on 10/10/2018: This has softened majorly in the last couple of years. These Vissoux Fleuries were hard for quite some time, showing little but acid and some tannin. Last night this was quite sweet but still with good structure. Drinking well now but can go some years yet as well. (1704 views) | | | Tasted by wilypod on 11/23/2017 & rated 91 points: More like a maturing Beaune or a fine Chianti classico than a juicy Beaujolais. Maroon and some bricking. Fabulous Griotte perfume (a sour Burgundian cherry) with a generous palate of earth and leather, cassis and sour cherry/cranberry that is still a little hard but opening nicely. Went well with hard cheeses, less well with all the sugary fixings of Thanksgiving. Opened with double decant and 2 hours of air at 62 F. (1861 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 4/4/2017 & rated 89 points: Really nice Bojo, showing earthiness and steely minerality.
Tasted alongside a 2012 Domaine de la Cote Pinot; a 2009 Marsannay; and two different Barbaresco. This wine showed nicely in this company, although the finish was slightly shorter than I remember from the last bottle (1 year ago). Drink now through 2020+. (2074 views) | | | Tasted by Matt T on 12/16/2016 & rated 86 points: A fair amount of funk on this one. Leaning toward the acidic and tannic side. Not bad, just not for me. (1807 views) | | | Tasted by Boatdrinker on 11/20/2016: Keeps you coming back for more. Funk and sap. (1683 views) | | | Tasted by EhrlichDY on 11/1/2016 & rated 90 points: Without realizing it I drank my two magnums on the same day one year apart. I always buy magnums of good juice for entertaining non wine people. This had a very similar impression to last year. The wine is very mineral driven and balanced by berry fruit and a tinge of acid. Drink now. (1754 views) | | | Tasted by jcp5 on 9/13/2016: I loved this and thought it effortlessly quaffable. Before I knew it the bottle was gone. The perfumed nose cries delicate but upon drinking brings a bright beam of fruit with sour cherries and strawberries alongside a nice helping of acidity and just enough tannin. (1599 views) | | | Tasted by 99tollap on 8/9/2016 & rated 91 points: From magnum.
Very fresh and inviting. Pure strawberry juice, with some mushrooms, spice and lovely mineral bitterness. Excellent structure and acidity. Very well made and delicious. (1368 views) | | | Tasted by Matt T on 5/19/2016 & rated 85 points: This was really reticent for some reason. Stiff tannins, high acid. Thought it wasn't ready, but perhaps it is already over the hill? (1415 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 4/24/2016 & rated 90 points: A private dinner (Buvette Gastrothèque, Paris, France): Very light and fine, feminine and floral, restrained elegance, light-pitched red fruit with a hint of peach, cool granite, gentle skin phenolics, fresh and silky, good length. It is perhaps a bit angular and not as flowing as I would like, in particular on the finale, but the quality is undeniable. It relaxes with aeration (the last glass was the best). Decant if you have the opportunity. Revisit in 2018? (1893 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 1/9/2016 & rated 91 points: PnP from the cellar. Enjoyed a few glasses while organizing the cellar.
The nose shows off sappy red fruit, a hint of vanilla, deep spice box, and a nice soil signature.
The palate unfolds nicely, showing a med bodied wine, with bright and lively acidity, and a soft and inviting mouthfeel from the light tannins. The sappy red fruit shows through in the flavor profile, with cranberry and raspberry notes at the forefront, and a gorgeous depth that shows the pedigree of this wine. It is inviting and lush on the entry, and simply delicious, with several layers of complexity unfold with air. Delicious now, but will drink nicely through 2020+. (1263 views) | | | Tasted by sleepyhaus on 11/9/2015: Very good bottle, consistent with the notes below. Having found some '12s hard or stern, I had expected a bit of that here but didn't find it. A bit light, but quite pleasant. Little to add to the notes below except noticed a definite umami, beef broth note to the bottle, and enjoyed it. (1358 views) | | | Tasted by EhrlichDY on 11/1/2015 & rated 90 points: Isaac captured this wine well with his note. Popped and poured a magnum for the grown ups at Halloween dinner. This wine has incredible freshness from acid and citrus fruit in its profile. The palate also has also loaded with stoniness and minerals. Perhaps a bit on the lean side but very enjoyable Bojo. (1292 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 12/30/2014 & rated 91 points: Delicious, earlier-drinking Beaujolais.
Nose is a forward, dirty red fruit with floral essence and iodine. Palate shows off a med(-) bodied red with a moderate level of fine-grained tannins, very approachable already, with sappy red fruit, hint of caramel and rocks, and refreshing acidity.
This wine is a joy to drink now. I think it will continue improving through 2016, and drink nicely til 2020 or so. Cheers. (1762 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 11/29/2014 & rated 90 points: Lovely the aromatics here, so much bright red fruit, earth and flowers. Clean and elegant on the palate, with fine tannins and fresh acid, loving the rocky, earthy elements. I'd tasted barrel samples 15 months ago or so and it was heavy, but this is quite airy and refined, although still capable of cellaring for a few years easily. (1738 views) | | | Tasted by CamWheeler on 9/27/2014 & rated 88 points: Wine and Music Matching: Strawberry, red currant, some darker berry fruit and a tinge of greeness. Minerality shows nicely on the palate, it has medium length and the green note does show up again but it doesn't spoil things. (1945 views) | | | Tasted by Bearbus on 9/27/2014: GM Music event: (674 views) | | | Tasted by Orlandus on 7/26/2014 & rated 90 points: An excellent Fleurie. Lively gamay bouquet, fruity on the palate, medium in body, very pleasant without great complexity. After a few days in the wine cooler was still very attrractive, but perhaps not quite as fresh and lively as when opened. Highly recommended. (1715 views) | | | Tasted by startinoz on 5/21/2014 & rated 91 points: Green stalky nose. Big red fruit flavours. (1904 views) | | | Tasted by AlexGarner on 5/17/2014 & rated 93 points: Domaine du Vissoux 2012 Beaujolais tasting (Prince Wine Store - Bank Street): Smoky bush berries with apricot blossom and stewed rhubarb on the nose and a sweet, botanical palette with a ripe fruit finish. (1768 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 5/9/2014 & rated 91 points: Very tasty Beaujolais, enjoyed over 3 nights.
This wine is young, but is more of an early drinker...not to say it cannot age in the mid term, but this particular vintage doesn't have the structure that is oftentimes apparent in this cuvee.
Beautiful terroir-driven aromas of forest floor, tree bark, some salinity, kirsch and tart red cherry fruits.
The palate shows a med bodied and dry wine, med in alcohol, with nice, tart red Beaujolais fruit and definite wet earth and tar flavors. The tannins are med(-) and although there is not much tannic bite, I believe this wine will still reward some mid-term cellaring for the next 3+ years, and drink well through 2020 or so. (1370 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 1/15/2014 & rated 91 points: Clear, med(-) purple in color, appears quite translucent.
The nose is clean, developing, showing med intensity aromas of black cherry liqueur, peppery spice, soil-driven notes, and orange rind.
The palate shows a dry wine, med(-) in body, med(-) in alcohol (listed 12.5%). Flavors are med intensity, and include black cherries, tense rocky minerality, raspberries, and black pepper. There is just a little heat on the palate, not too distracting, with med(-) tannins that are already approachable, with med(+) acidity, leading into a med length finish full of cherries, orange zest, and rocks. Delicious.
This is a very good quality wine that is just entering into its drinking window. It will improve over the next 4 years in bottle, and will drink quite well through 2022. A very nice, early drinking Beaujo that will last about a decade. (1584 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
Beaujolais Vins du Beaujolais (L’Union des Vignerons du Beaujolais)
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Wine Scholar Guild Vintage Chart & Ratings
# 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 Fleurie The single vineyards on weinlagen-info |
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