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• The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 6, 2023 - Retail $25. Big Ass Bottle. 100% Gamay. This is my last bottle of the four that I bought back almost a decade ago from the abysmal PLCB. The first bottle was close to a disaster with the intense Brett. The last three bottles, though, were stellar and almost made me long for the days that I could peruse the aisles of the PLCB looking for a gem like this. Not really. At. All. I even just threw up a little in my mouth thinking about the PLCB. Similar notes.
  
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• The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 90 points

  October 28, 2022 - Retail $25. Big Ass Bottle. 100% Gamay. I bought four bottles of this wine from the PLCB way back in 2013 for fifteen bucks per. At the time I was willing to take a bit of a flier on this wine as it was from one of the ten Cru Villages in Beaujolais and, well, I was bored. The first bottle was pretty close to undrinkable as it was loaded with Bret (a bacteria that causes the wine to stink to high heaven but is otherwise harmless).The second bottle was pretty close to nirvana with great fruit, depth, and balance. This third bottle is decidedly right in between. Good (not great) fruit and acidity with a pinch of verve and an ounce of spice--precisely what I would hope for in the $15 range.
  
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• The Drunken Cyclist wrote: 93 points

  September 12, 2020 - Retail $25. Big Ass Bottle. In many ways, this is a curious wine. I bought four bottles of this wine from Wines Til Sold Out way back in 2013 and I have tried exactly one, within days of receiving the wine. And it was chockful of Bret. Tons and tons of Bret. So I put the other three bottles in my cellar and forgot (ignored?) it. Until today. I figured I'd give it another shot. No Brett. And close to a whoa. Fruit (red and dark), herbs (sage), and earth (well, earth). Pair all of that with great acidity and balance? Fantastic. And a whoa. thedrunkencyclist.com

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• monotone Does not like this wine: 78 points

  June 22, 2014 - Overwhelming banana, some nice earthy and strawberry notes. Good mouthfeel. Uninspiring aftertaste. Drinkable, but not a Beaujolais I enjoy.

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• kosmik Likes this wine: 85 points

  April 25, 2014 - Très bon, bien fruité, se laisse boire, mais manque de fraîcheur... un peu plat par son acidité modérée que nous aurions préféré plus rafraîchissante. Tout de même fort bon, mais nous laisse un peu sur notre soif.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Pascal Aufranc
• Varietal Gamay
• Designation En Rémont Vignes de 1939
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Beaujolais
• Appellation Chénas
• UPC Code 732511390348

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• In Cellars 45 (38%)
• Consumed 75 (63%)

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