May 14, 2021 - Grape bubblegum, blackcurrant pastilles, and mint. Loads of fresh earth and a fair bit of dried mushroom. Surprising amount of acidity. It started to fade about 3 hours in getting more earthy as time went on but still smelling of crushed blackcurrants. Lovely wine.
March 12, 2020 - Bummer, I've loved my other bottles
May 14, 2017 - terrific bojo. Opened on Mothers' Day for Bonnie, who loves beaujolais, and it did not disappoint. She loves it. Violets, dark cherry. Beautiful.
October 7, 2016 - Lovely texture, black cherries with smoke and coffee topnotes. As it airs develops more earthy/meaty notes. B+/A-
January 9, 2016 - "this is why you age gamay"
Just a gorgeous, lithe, fresh gamay that still seemed to retain the vibrant fruit of its youth, but seemed to have secondary and tertiary tones of earth, roses, and cherries that weren't there years ago. I liked this very much.
January 9, 2016 - Silky, smooth, shining, tart, full of complex but subtle spice and earth elements. Still plenty of fresh red fruit for freshness, but lots of mingled spice notes that make this great to savor.
April 10, 2015 - Velvety mouthfeel, lush black cherry and plum fruit, smoke and cocoa. No tannin left, balanced acids, very good length. I'm sure this can go farther but I see no reason to. Will get to my other bottle soon and hope it's as good as this one. A-
January 24, 2015 - Opened this bottle at Peter Weygandt's store in D.C. - Peter imports this wine. Rather closed at first, a bit pruney. With passing time, seemed to get progressively finer, shedding the pruney flavor, the acid structure becoming clearer and more focused. Would have liked to try it the second day, but left the bottle there.
June 13, 2014 - Opens with a curious raisiny-pruny smell that is extremely off-putting. Don't pour it down the drain: decant it for half an hour or let it sit open overnight. Then the wine becomes lovely, light, transparent: in texture and transparency, it comes to resemble light good cote de Beaune Burgundy, but with its own, darker, ruddier flavor profile. Very good wine, very fine wine.
September 16, 2013 - Remarkably pure ... aromatic ... unmistakably gamay -- light, lively, bright acidity. Intriguing nose (spice!) -- easy to drink, not the longest finish. If you are a freak like me and still have some of this in cellar -- drink up!