Carbonic, grapy, and a tad sweet, but very nice, real wine with honest black cherry fruit.

More than one step up in depth and complexity from the 2010 Nouveau, and noticeably less sweet. This remains a delightful wine that is most impressive at the price.

Light and slightly cloudy. Herbal scents with significant VA. Thin, little fruit, frankly sour. Bordering on awful.

Gorgeous medium ruby. Great purity of cherry fruit. Lush and dense without being ponderous, terrific acidity, and an intriguing brothiness. Tannins are buried but are substantial. I'm not sure whether this is actually the old vines bottling, but it surely has a creaminess that suggests old vines. This confirms my earlier sense that this wine is a standout, even matched up against other outstanding examples of this vintage.

Le vrai Beaujolais in its light weight and crisp acidity, but this one is just quite as deeply endowed with fruit and sap as some others. This became particularly apparent when the Lapierre was poured after it. Not bad and it does have a pleasant dusting of herbs to complement the fruit that is there.

OK, maybe one night this week I will not taste and note this wine, but not tonight. After the Regnie which had typical Gamay acidity but not enough intensity of fruit, this again shows its extra gear. Not a big wine by any means, the bottle today was entirely Burgundian for its expansion in the mouth-an amazing peacock's tail of flavors for a humble Beaujolais. Spice, fruit, florality all woven together. Marvelous wine.

Deep color. Much more in the mold of vins de garde Beaujolais like Moulin a Vent in its lean, stony, blackberry profile. Brisk and refreshing without too much bite. Not as easy or as easy to appreciate as the other '09s today, but excellent wine for the future. Its uncompromising nature and structure reminded me of an Angerville Taillepieds, quite a feat for Gamay.