Community Tasting Notes 10

• kingkanu wrote:

  February 17, 2024 - Quite a lovely wine, with a beautiful red colour, red fruit, persian spices, some VA that mixes quite attractively through that, just a little rub of tannin left and refreshing acidity that makes you want another sip. This may develop further, but it’s delicious right now with minimal air. There’s is a fair bit of sediment that warrants decanting

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• kingkanu wrote:

  November 6, 2021 - 1st of a case brought on release. It improves with a bit of air, beautiful clarity and medium-light body, it catches the light well. Slightly high toned, lovely bright red fruit, there’s literally waves of acidity that washes through the lengthy finish, just lovely

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• glou.sf Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 5, 2020 - Spicy nose with red cherries and berries, white pepper, pomegranate, and blood orange. Great acidity with more red berries, orange zest, cherries, and cedar on the palate. Quite long finish. The wine feels fresh and lovely with good depth and complexity.

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• PaulusLoZebra Likes this wine: 94 points

  October 7, 2020 - My first two bottles of Julie Balagny wines were flawed, sour and fizzy like (unfortunately) so many “natural” wines. So, I was skeptical when I opened this, but WOW was I pleased and impressed with this bottle. Double-decanted and served, it is wonderfully redolent of earth and ripe, sweet fruits, with myriad Asian spices and a very firm acid backbone that makes the wine both sweetish and sappy. For me, it is not at all typical of Gamay from Beaujolais. If blind I would have guessed Croatina, Vespolina or Uva Rara from Lombardy or Piemonte. Since I like those wines a lot, I like this one, too.
  
  I have no idea how long this wine can age, but my instinct says “drink up”!
  
  I am a huge fan of well-made Beaujolais normale and especially of the great cru Bojo, which I buy regularly and drink, from the best producers, at 5-10+ years of age. I bought Julie Balagny’s wines because of her reputation and now, after three bottles, the count is two flawed and one spectacular wine. So, maybe she still has lots of improvements to make, but when she gets it right the results are spectacular. [But don't expect typical Bojo.]

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• PaulusLoZebra wrote: flawed

  March 2, 2020 - Only my second wine from Julie Balagny, and both have been flawed, with a slight fizziness upon opening and a strong burnt rubber aftertaste.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer Julie Balagny
• Varietal Gamay
• Designation Mamouth
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Beaujolais
• Appellation Moulin-à-Vent

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• Consumed 106 (80%)

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