Beaucoup de Beaujolais (Monarch Restaurant, Hotel Deco, Omaha, Nebraska): One of the “Bourguignon” producers in the line-up, this examples from Jules Desjourneys was a clear outlier in the group. This was a 2010 and came across younger than anything else we enjoyed over the course of the evening. Popped and poured; no formal notes. The 2010 Fleurie “Chapelle des Bois” is locked up in oak but the fruit is there; dark brambles forever with some licorice as well. Unfortunately, it’s going to take a very long time for the oak to give up its grip on this one. Luckily, I think the quality of the fruit will last long enough to make it more enjoyable…eventually. Best after 2025 through 2040; which seems somewhat ridiculous to write.
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Appearance is still young. Perfumed violet, dried hawthorn, juicy black cherry, bright sour cherry, a bit of tar and smokiness, wet stone and hint of musk. On the palate it is elegant and silky giving arrays of flavours. Lively wild black and red berries, racy freshness, transparent minerals with some savoury earth and dark spices. Lovely weightlessness. 13.0% abv.
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Another somewhat disappointing bottle from Desjourneys. A bit more complexity than previous ones, but a still a bit stolid and inert to my taste. Drank alongside a Daniel Bouland which had greater depth and much more energy.
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Drinking well, and well made, with good flavors, but lacking a bit of sense of place, and missing that intense element of ‘joie de vivre’ that I get from great cru bojo.
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Desjourneys tasting at Truffle (Wellington, NZ): The best Beaujolais yet and one of the best in the line up to drink now, in my view. An intriguing, layered bouquet of spicy cherries, dark spices, earth, high cacao chocolate and espresso. A mouth of blackberries and other dark fruit, liquorice, earth, burnt toast and mocha. An attractive saline mineral element. Lovely oak handling. Harmonious, well balanced and integrated. Drinking very well now but – given the stuffing here – I would expect this would expect this Fleurie to give pleasure over the next 5-6+ years.
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Really rather serious and tannic, but lacking the fun fruit one would expect from a top Fleurie. Seems to risk drying out before the tannins will soften sufficiently. Slightly disappointing.
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As often with the wines of Desjourneys they are atypically dense and dark for it's origin. Right out of the bottle the nose shows lots of deep black fruit, violets, garrigue herbs, raw meat, tobacco, moist soil and some coffee notes from the oak. Medium(+) bodied with fresh acidity. The tannins almost completely resolved. Again pretty dense fruitcore (for a Beaujolais) with brown spice and garrigue herbs.
Very good but not great and I really wanted to like this. It kind of lacked lift and nerve in a way. Starting to get old or just a dumb phase?
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Re-rating the same bottle as the last note, but much better this time. The O2 composition in the coravined bottle might have let this oxidize just a little bit more. This felt like it had put on considerable more weight and complexity this time. I think that there are better values to be found from Beaujolais though.
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This was perfectly fine, but a bit anonymous. This was on the lighter side of medium and seemed varietally true. I wonder what would happen if it got a lot more time.
I may not be that into Fleurie's. I've been a lot more impressed w/ gamays from other appellations.
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Dunkles Rot Extrem fruchtig,anfangs eher rotfruchtig mit mehr Zeit dann viel Brombeerfrucht und schwarzkirschig,würzig. Dicht,rund,balanciert.mittlerer Körper ,samtig. Mittellanger schwarzfruchtiger Abgang. Vom ersten bis letzen Schluck über 2 Tage absolut zugänglich und fruchtig.
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Not rating as I cannot tell if the wine was slightly off. Seemed very ripe and showed some VA on the nose. Black cherry and cassis flavors on the palate. Short finish. Disappointing as I was really looking forward to this wine.
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Showed great intensity from the beginning, starting off with quite fudgy vanilla, blueberries in milk, paprika, greenish anise and whiteheart cherry. As time passed it got crisper, converging towards grape sugar but with a depth that lesser wines lack.
Fine tannins coat the palate and there is a really good stand-up acidity.
Crispness earned it an extra pt.
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Un nez plus discret sur les mûres et les cerises noires.Un peu bonbon et réglisse rouge. Plus rond que le 2009 et un léger boisé.Plaisant mais cris que c'est cher. 16/20 (?) je sais pas ! (67$)
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Un nez de fruit noir (mûres). Jolie texture, bouche lissée par un élevage luxuriant, qui prend beaucoup de place. Le fruit est frais mais un peu en retrait, je me demande s'il n'aurait pas valu mieux le boire en jeunesse, j'ai l'impression qu'il a perdu de l'éclat. Il me lasse à la longue. Tout de même bon, mais pas au niveau pour justifier son prix. Relative déception. 89-90 pts
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Kein Unterschied zur Tastingnotiz vom 3.09.2014 . Finde den Wein immer noch sehr fruchtig mit genügend Tiefe und eigenständigem Charakter. Trinkt sich von selber.
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starts with a light nose of red cherries... super silky concentration of red cherries, super silky tannins, WOW wine with a 20 seconds finish... my best Beaujolais ever!!
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93+ Dunkles kräftiges Himbeerrot. Am Anfang noch ein bisschen alkoholisch,aber nachher ein Volltreffer für mich,gefällt mir ausserordentlich gut. Sehr rotfruchtig,Sauerkirschen,süsse Mandeln,bisschen Floral,leicht alkoholisch,seidig,rein,mineralisch. Energie,gute Tiefe,integrierte Säure,würzig,gefächert,leicht menthol. Guter mittlerer ganz leicht prägender Abgang. 2.Tag eine Bestätigung,Beerenmix,floral,gute Tiefe,seidig,leicht prägend. Wirklich eine gute Leistung,D.Schildknecht mit 95 P. scheint mir nicht so verkehrt.
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8/8/2023 - thesternowl wrote: 90 Points
Beaucoup de Beaujolais (Monarch Restaurant, Hotel Deco, Omaha, Nebraska): One of the “Bourguignon” producers in the line-up, this examples from Jules Desjourneys was a clear outlier in the group. This was a 2010 and came across younger than anything else we enjoyed over the course of the evening. Popped and poured; no formal notes. The 2010 Fleurie “Chapelle des Bois” is locked up in oak but the fruit is there; dark brambles forever with some licorice as well. Unfortunately, it’s going to take a very long time for the oak to give up its grip on this one. Luckily, I think the quality of the fruit will last long enough to make it more enjoyable…eventually. Best after 2025 through 2040; which seems somewhat ridiculous to write.
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11/25/2022 - levicn Likes this wine: 92 Points
开瓶即饮,中宝石红色,闻香有果梗带来的植物根茎气息和辛辣感,泥土混合着莓果的香气,入口酸度很高,线性,单宁紧涩,有一点儿糊嘴,细砂纸颗粒,单宁在嘴里化得快,强度不大,酒液很咸,咸矿石的感觉,樱桃和蔓越莓一类红果香气,还有车厘子一类偏深色的水果,伴随着淡淡泥土气息,木质香气和香草味一直延伸到余味,细腻悠长,有着一种精妙感。这时候的酒的表现是含蓄的,能感觉出有复杂度,有深度,集中度也不错,质朴的风格在精致的余味中得到升华。醒酒器一个小时,酒的状态已经变得开放,总体感觉更加甜美一些,木质香气,红果味,带着些许桂皮香料,还有泥土和石灰的气息,入口单宁柔和了一些,带梗的紧涩感依然明显,细沙的颗粒,中等略偏轻的酒体,矿物感清晰,果味浓缩,伴随着果梗的植物气息,后段一些桂皮香料和辛辣感,余味是红果味和质感高级的木质香气。处在适饮期的一支酒,除了佳美的单宁质感略粗一点以外,无论是酒的细腻程度还是精妙感都如同一支传统的勃艮第,十多年的陈年褪去了新年份佳美的后段的那种燥热感,让它变得优雅而又平和,恰如其分地展现出 Fleurie 最温柔的一面。厚积薄发,娓娓道来,非常经典的风格
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6/28/2022 - wineappellation Likes this wine: 93 Points
Appearance is still young. Perfumed violet, dried hawthorn, juicy black cherry, bright sour cherry, a bit of tar and smokiness, wet stone and hint of musk. On the palate it is elegant and silky giving arrays of flavours. Lively wild black and red berries, racy freshness, transparent minerals with some savoury earth and dark spices. Lovely weightlessness. 13.0% abv.
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4/11/2022 - Bruce 1er wrote: 91 Points
Bright red, good fruit, especially tart cherries and cassis. Balance and flavor improved four hours after decanting. Quite nice.
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1/22/2022 - Thomas123 wrote: 85 Points
Corked
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3/13/2021 - hbay Likes this wine: 89 Points
Ovnkylling m. ovnkartofler
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8/30/2020 - LW31 wrote:
Another somewhat disappointing bottle from Desjourneys. A bit more complexity than previous ones, but a still a bit stolid and inert to my taste. Drank alongside a Daniel Bouland which had greater depth and much more energy.
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7/17/2020 - gordoyflaca Likes this wine: 91 Points
Drinking well, and well made, with good flavors, but lacking a bit of sense of place, and missing that intense element of ‘joie de vivre’ that I get from great cru bojo.
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3/27/2020 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 94 Points
Desjourneys tasting at Truffle (Wellington, NZ): The best Beaujolais yet and one of the best in the line up to drink now, in my view. An intriguing, layered bouquet of spicy cherries, dark spices, earth, high cacao chocolate and espresso. A mouth of blackberries and other dark fruit, liquorice, earth, burnt toast and mocha. An attractive saline mineral element. Lovely oak handling. Harmonious, well balanced and integrated. Drinking very well now but – given the stuffing here – I would expect this would expect this Fleurie to give pleasure over the next 5-6+ years.
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8/15/2019 - ronnieroots wrote: 88 Points
Really rather serious and tannic, but lacking the fun fruit one would expect from a top Fleurie. Seems to risk drying out before the tannins will soften sufficiently. Slightly disappointing.
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6/1/2019 - karl.1480 wrote: 88 Points
As often with the wines of Desjourneys they are atypically dense and dark for it's origin. Right out of the bottle the nose shows lots of deep black fruit, violets, garrigue herbs, raw meat, tobacco, moist soil and some coffee notes from the oak.
Medium(+) bodied with fresh acidity. The tannins almost completely resolved. Again pretty dense fruitcore (for a Beaujolais) with brown spice and garrigue herbs.
Very good but not great and I really wanted to like this. It kind of lacked lift and nerve in a way. Starting to get old or just a dumb phase?
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3/16/2019 - hbay Likes this wine: 90 Points
Kalvekotelet m. ovnkartofler
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10/17/2018 - gresch Likes this wine: 90 Points
Re-rating the same bottle as the last note, but much better this time. The O2 composition in the coravined bottle might have let this oxidize just a little bit more. This felt like it had put on considerable more weight and complexity this time. I think that there are better values to be found from Beaujolais though.
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1/11/2018 - gresch Likes this wine: 86 Points
This was perfectly fine, but a bit anonymous. This was on the lighter side of medium and seemed varietally true. I wonder what would happen if it got a lot more time.
I may not be that into Fleurie's. I've been a lot more impressed w/ gamays from other appellations.
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10/29/2017 - winelegends.net Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dunkles Rot
Extrem fruchtig,anfangs eher rotfruchtig mit mehr Zeit dann viel Brombeerfrucht und schwarzkirschig,würzig.
Dicht,rund,balanciert.mittlerer Körper ,samtig.
Mittellanger schwarzfruchtiger Abgang.
Vom ersten bis letzen Schluck über 2 Tage absolut zugänglich und fruchtig.
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8/11/2017 - marshalc wrote: 88 Points
Fine but expected much more for the price.
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12/27/2016 - Rich S wrote:
Not rating as I cannot tell if the wine was slightly off. Seemed very ripe and showed some VA on the nose. Black cherry and cassis flavors on the palate. Short finish. Disappointing as I was really looking forward to this wine.
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9/17/2016 - Skrutt (Formerly RotHead) Likes this wine: 92 Points
Showed great intensity from the beginning, starting off with quite fudgy vanilla, blueberries in milk, paprika, greenish anise and whiteheart cherry. As time passed it got crisper, converging towards grape sugar but with a depth that lesser wines lack.
Fine tannins coat the palate and there is a really good stand-up acidity.
Crispness earned it an extra pt.
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7/1/2016 - phil the agony wrote: 90 Points
Un nez plus discret sur les mûres et les cerises noires.Un peu bonbon et réglisse rouge.
Plus rond que le 2009 et un léger boisé.Plaisant mais cris que c'est cher.
16/20 (?) je sais pas ! (67$)
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5/15/2016 - d'Artagnan wrote: 90 Points
Un nez de fruit noir (mûres). Jolie texture, bouche lissée par un élevage luxuriant, qui prend beaucoup de place. Le fruit est frais mais un peu en retrait, je me demande s'il n'aurait pas valu mieux le boire en jeunesse, j'ai l'impression qu'il a perdu de l'éclat. Il me lasse à la longue. Tout de même bon, mais pas au niveau pour justifier son prix. Relative déception. 89-90 pts
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12/12/2015 - winelegends.net Likes this wine: 93 Points
Kein Unterschied zur Tastingnotiz vom 3.09.2014 .
Finde den Wein immer noch sehr fruchtig mit genügend Tiefe und eigenständigem Charakter.
Trinkt sich von selber.
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2/4/2015 - Philippe_C wrote: 94 Points
starts with a light nose of red cherries... super silky concentration of red cherries, super silky tannins, WOW wine with a 20 seconds finish... my best Beaujolais ever!!
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3/9/2014 - winelegends.net Likes this wine: 93 Points
93+
Dunkles kräftiges Himbeerrot.
Am Anfang noch ein bisschen alkoholisch,aber nachher ein Volltreffer für mich,gefällt mir ausserordentlich gut.
Sehr rotfruchtig,Sauerkirschen,süsse Mandeln,bisschen Floral,leicht alkoholisch,seidig,rein,mineralisch.
Energie,gute Tiefe,integrierte Säure,würzig,gefächert,leicht menthol.
Guter mittlerer ganz leicht prägender Abgang.
2.Tag eine Bestätigung,Beerenmix,floral,gute Tiefe,seidig,leicht prägend.
Wirklich eine gute Leistung,D.Schildknecht mit 95 P. scheint mir nicht so verkehrt.
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