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2015 Clotaire Michal Beaujolais-Villages Vignes Centenaires
Gamay
- France
- Burgundy
- Beaujolais
- Beaujolais-Villages
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Community Tasting Notes 7
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gbanks Does not like this wine:
March 27, 2023 - Taste is subjective and all, but I don’t know how anyone could enjoy this. There is heaps of Brett here, but I agree with other tasters that this also smells and tastes like a manure pile, way beyond your typical Brett, with a lingering note that can only be described as literally le merde, like this should be tested for ecoli. Drain pour.
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EMichels wrote: 75 points
December 23, 2022 - The best thing I can say about this is that it was my last bottle. Dumped it.
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EMichels wrote: 87 points
August 11, 2020 - NYC_Maenad's note is spot on; Medium weight; Some edge/spice; Benefited from a vigorous decant; Serve cellar temperature - becomes heavy/dull as it warms to room temperature
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NYC_Maenad Likes this wine:
June 26, 2020 - Bought this from Balanced Wine Selection's Shelter in Place sale. Like others, the nose heavily redolent of manure on opening. Jonathan is very brett sensitive and he swears that not all poop notes mean brett as far as he's concerned. In any case, he said this was manure, not brett. It stayed with the wine for some time and then faded a bit into the background. I thought it showed as I'd expect old school Beaujolais to show, what I've ordered by the carafe when I'm in a casual restaurant in the region - good dense slightly tart fruit, maybe a bit dirty, yeah, some mushroomy notes. The old vines came through in the depth of character, I thought. None of the grapey-ness that I sometimes dislike in young Gamay. Other than the manure notes fading to the background, I thought air did this bottle no favors, and we finished it up quickly.
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EMichels wrote: 83 points
June 25, 2020 - Buttered popcorn
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2015 Beaujolais: Monumental But Often Atypical (Dec 2017) (link)(Clotaire Michal Beaujolais-villages Vignes Centenaires Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2015
- Type Red
- Producer Clotaire Michal
- Varietal Gamay
- Designation Vignes Centenaires
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Burgundy
- SubRegion Beaujolais
- Appellation Beaujolais-Villages
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 31 (48%)
- Consumed 34 (52%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- AppellationBeaujolais-Villages
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