Thanksgiving 2023 (Los Gatos, California): Light red. Ripe fruit aromas without any green notes. Impressive concentration of sappy blackberry, dark red fruit, and licorice with significant remaining tannic clout. A big cru with serious depth and structure that is not yet at peak. More a wine of the vintage than the Fleurie was.
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Aging beautifully. Still full of life and energy, no tiredness. The age is recognizable thou - from watery rim, leathery and little porty nose, alcohol. On the palate calm, compact, soft, still fresh, long clean finish. Very good aged bojo. Clean, long and still alive. Interesting.
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D'abord un peu discret au nez, il se révèle après un certain temps dans le verre. La robe est d'un grenat un peu translucide, légèrement briquée. Arômes de dessert de fruits rouges, bonbon à la cerise, framboise, épices douces, de tabac de cigare aromatisé, très subtile notes boisées. En bouche c'est très souple et bien équilibré avec une acidité rafraîchissante, une trame tannique fine et veloutée, un fruit alléchant. Un vin automnale, un gamay aérien qui se la joue tel un Bourgogne racé de climat frais.
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Opened Thanksgiving eve, after a week-long, pre-TG wine fast. Rather nice, with depth and complexity befitting this cru Beajolais and Chermette vinification - a bit of cherry, hints of allspice, a soupcon of Gamay gaminess. Still felt like it was holding back, keeping the lid on much of its flavor potential. We'll see what the leftovers reveal. CT inventory says I have 4 more 750s of this, mais je m'en doute. I think there's just one magnum left, which I plan to hang onto for a few years to come.
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Œil : opacité 4/10, bien net, aucune trace d’oxydation a l’œil, très forte visco en parois Nez : après 30 minutes d’aération, projection moyenne, fruits bleus, petits fruits rouges acidulés, quelques épices rappelant le girofle (doux), la sauge, la graine de fenouil, boisé noble très discret, quelques fleurs séchées Bouche : sec, ample+, acidité rafraîchissante++, amertume moyenne+, tanins fins et encore charnus, légère prise minérale, persistance moyenne-longue Conclusion: éclatant de jeunesse, confondant même. Beaucoup de plaisir ce soir. A revoir en 2022. 91+?
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Agree with the October and November notes and happy to have more bottles. It’s actually fresh as a daisy. The same vintage Fleurie Les Garants, however, is exactly as described by earlier notes of it being “stewy” and improving over three days. Gives me hope for the Fleurie.
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The first time I had this wine, I wasn’t very impressed. It had a stewy, overripe quality that made me think the vintage was over-hyped. This bottle, however, was very different. It was crisp with crunchy blackberry fruit, minerals, and a juicy finish. There is either extreme bottle variation in this producer or time has been very kind to this wine.
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Ruby center. Aromas of blackberry jam and pine needles. Lush entry for Gamay with ripe blackberry and blueberry, then a powerful, rather strict finish with great acidity and stoniness. If anything, this seemed less open and ready than a bottle nearly 4 years ago. Remarkable and deeply impressive. From my read of it tonight, it could be a 25 year wine.
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The last several bottles of this (drank 3/14/2014, 6/13/16, 2/12/17, 3/24/20) have been, for me, less "inspiring" than my original encounters (2/26/11 and 9/18/13) that led me to purchase close to two cases of this wine. I don't recall the details from the '14 - '17 dates, but the fact that I didn't record any notes is some evidence that I lacked, well, inspiration to do so. This most recent bottle was slightly stewed and showing slightly off-putting tertiary flavors on day-1 open. As I got into the 2nd and final 3rds of the bottle on the following two days, the wine settled into a more familiar mineral (iron-laden), reasonably balanced expression of gamay that still had some decent fruit. I'd probably score the wine a 90+ on those later days. I'm not enthusiastic about the idea that since the wine improved with slow-ox, it suggests it will improve in the bottle over the coming years. But, who knows. This is new territory for me. I still have about a case of this to following into its twilight years. I would love to find it can somehow evolve into something more than it currently seems to be showing. If anyone does have experience with 10-20+ year aged Cru Beaujolais, I'd love to hear from you in a comment. What can I expect? Will these hold up? Should I drink through them with a fervor before they get worse?
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Still very solid, though showing some age. The fruit is still fresh. The texture got more tender and evolved first touches of tertiary aromas. Great juicy red and blue fruits carried by firm and clean acidity. Touch of black tea, orange rind, red apple. Really long. Medium body. Focused, balanced, clean. Very good.
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Yesterday: musty and showing real age; today more balance, age, but not too, round, polished and showing the aging potential of this wine; undoubtedly somewhat better 3 to 4 years ago.
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From magnum, fresh and delicious, bright with sweet-tasting cherry fruit. Acid is a touch heavy, but doesn't detract materially from the overall goodness of the wine. Judging from experience, I'd guess that this bottle has been though the youthful stage of plush fruit flavor, the kind of garbagey-decayed-tasting stage that follows. I'd expect the wine to shut down soon, aromatically, and finally to re-emerge in a lighter, even lacey, form some five or six years down the road. This was the pattern, most recently, of my 2005 Tete cuvée Prestige magnums (see my recent note).
looking at my June note on a 750 bottle, I'd estimate now that the 750s are precisely in this dumb phase and will be delightful in another year or three. Fingers crossed.
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An okay bottle, lacking the plump Moulin fruit that characterized it up until a year or two ago. Now, I'd guess, either transitioning through an awkward phase or tired, unsure which.
Moulin is by reputation the champion Beaujolais ager, but my personal experiments are putting Fleurie and Cote de Brouilly ahead. I guess I'd better get busy with more research.
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Recent purchase from WineBid. Other than some fairly prominent brett, I thought this was drinking very nicely. I'm more sensitive than most when it comes to brett, but I am surprised that there is no mention of it in 131 prior notes.
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This wonderful 2009 Moulin a Vent shows what Beaujolais Grand Cru really can do. Bright ruby with a touch of purple, with medium transparency. In the nose unfolds a fine smell of cherries, yellow plums, wet granite rock. In complete harmony on the palate - silky, fine and quite melted tannins; fine juiciness and freshness; wonderfully integrated, fresh acidity and a beguiling fruit of red and blue fruits (cherry, pomegranate and a touch of blueberries), with a fine, powdery minerality. Fresh and fine juicy length. All this is not heavyweight, but light and vibrant, yet full of character and depth.
Gave it a quick one hour decant - beautiful nose, plush berry, something almost savory and some candied notes on top - sufficient fruit but a tiny bit lacking, which I’m guessing will come out with a bit more air. Great acidity - with light tannins at the end - solid.
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My bottle's time had passed. Faded quickly with decant. Upon opening still had blackberry and blueberry and earthiness. A strong sense of place in this wine. But after an hour fruit was all but gone.
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Needed to open up, but didn't decant. This is still a great bottle of wine and I would consider it ready to drink with a decant. I'm going to slowly drink my other bottles over the next few years.
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Opened beautifully with very good concentration. Nice balance and decent depth for a beaujolais. Good color. Not a long finish. Spritty and jumpy....just a fun wine. Very enjoyable. May reach its peak in another year or so.
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Beautiful Cru Beaujolais with real sense of place. Still youthful, this is rich, dense, fresh, with lifted acidity and tasty juicy fruit. Immense concentration and perfect weight on the midpalate. Clean long finish, earthy aftertaste. Young tannins.
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Bon vin juteux, avec une touche minérale, c'est bien équilibré, fort agréable. Très bien en l'état, il a probablement le potentiel pour développer davantage de complexité. 90 pts
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Pretty deep ruby. Typical brambly nose. More layered than everyday Gamay, but I wouldn't use "syrupy" as a descriptor as I did last time. Wonderfully incisive blackberry and blueberry with spice, herbs, very good acidity, an earthy vein, and round tannins. This has definitely developed and loosened up over the past few years, but it does not yet seem at its peak. Impressively constituted Cru Beaujolais.
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Nice balance of fruit and minerality. Light cherry in color and cherry on the nose. Good acidity. Better than my last bottle, but that one was corked. More earthy than sweet. A good wine
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Medium ruby (quite saturated for Gamay). Some floral and herbal tones to go with ripe fruit. This has amazing and unusual almost syrupy black and blue fruit with a chocolatey entry. Somehow it manages to retain the underlying Moulin-à-Vent structure and stoniness. This is exciting and nowhere near fully resolved at this point.
Two nights later, it had held up amazingly well in the recorked bottle, losing none of its great fruit or depth.
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Ruby in color with a bit of purple. Just a beautiful nose. Deep with dried meats, raspberries, slight macerated cherries, and a bit of a floral note. Not quite as good on the palate, but still outstanding. Cherries tightly layered with a damp forest floor. A bit of ripe cherries. This is still young and continued to improve. Riper than most Beaujolais perhaps in terms of vintages, but certainly within bonds. Very pretty wine.
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I remember this was the WB Beaujolais darling around 2011, and I am thankful for the tip as this was a real joy to drink on a dark and wet Tuesday night in Seattle. Charming on the nose, 'facial toner' as my girlfriend helpfully offered, and smelling it later, I agreed. This was and I suspect will always be about its generous, lovely fruit. Red current jelly is kindly lent support via a silky texture, and a slight bitter twist at the end again reinforces freshness. I see Gilman has this going to 2035, perhaps he knows better than I, but this was a real treat to enjoy now, I wouldn't hesitate to pull the cork if you have a bottle.
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I don't which is the better stem for this wine — Bordeaux or Burgundy. In the former, the nose is fairly muted, but there is more acidity on the palate. But in the latter, the wine smells prunes, and the palate is soft, and maybe a tad flabby. In the end, In the end, I don't think the wine lives up to the hype of the vintage. What I mostly get is simple, overripe, and hollow notes of prunes, gravel, and crushed minerals.
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Tried one based on recent notes, as with the Garants. This is a big wine, with plenty of fruit, acidity and body, seemingly bigger, with more depth and reserve than the Garants. Approachable now for its cossetting mouth-feel, aromatic depth, and fresh acidity, it seems to me this wine would improve even more with another year or three. Drink this with a red meat dish now, or hold for a bit - impressive either way.
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Dark color. Bright cherry on nose with some spice. Swishing shows dense acid under the fruit. Sipping shows off the fruit density and weight, but this has typical shortish finish. Blind I thought that this was Grenache because of the density and acidity, but in retrospect it is just kick ass bojo. Gotta love Chermette
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Hooo boy. This is absolutely fantastic. And for under $25!! It is a steal. So well balanced. So juicy. Nicely concentrated. Lip smacking long finish. I really could not find any nits with this wine except maybe it lacked a little complexity. The nose is pure black cherry. Cherries, cherries cherries. A touch of spice, but strong black cherry. Palate is seamless and powerful but exceptionally balanced by the acid. Silky smooth texture. Based on some of the earlier (in time) notes, including my own from several years ago, this wine has clearly shed its youthfulness and developed into something very special (it was still very good back a few years). There is nothing out of place here. It is a perfect accompaniment for food but drinks deliciously well on its own.
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Encore très jeune, ce vin montre peu d'évolution à l'œil. Nez fermé mais bouche assez intense, plutôt florale. C'est juteux et charnu, toujours aussi facile à boire, avec juste ce qu'il faut de fraîcheur. Peut encore se garder 3-5 ans.
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Easily one of the best Beaujolais I have ever tasted. Rich, tight, sappy. I agree with TN from Riccardo Malocchio here - this wine is quite expressive, beautifully warm and soothing smokey nose with balsamic and floral notes. Savory palate, good volume, rich and spicy, lifted by very fresh acidity. Salty dry finish.
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I don't often post a second TN on a single wine, but this one offers so much exquisite pleasure I couldn't resist. Easily among my very favorite Beaujolais crus of the '09 vintage, each bottle displayed that barest whiff of VA, that absolutely perfect dollop of volatility that lifts the perfumes and flavors into something utterly ethereal and totally captivating. As before, a glorious bouquet of violets and dark fruit waft from the glass all the way across the table upon the first pour, so deep and heady with wild blackberries, licorice, and immense florality. The mouthfeel is lavish and rich, yet utterly fresh and lifted, more linear than round, its granitic terroir totally on display, and that perfected Platonic ideal of volatility supporting a sweet bouquet of inner mouth perfume. Swooon. Swoooooooonnnnnn! Long, juicy, immensely satisfying, and totally my huckleberry.
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This will benefit for a little more time. I rated it 89 on night one. The remainder of the bottle was consumed two nights later, after being vacuumed sealed and placed in the refrigerator. On the latter night, I rated the wine at 90.
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Un joli nez floral, avec du fruit rouge (griottes), de la violette, du poivre. La bouche montre un vin entre deux âges, , il a perdu son gras de bébé et l'exubérance de sa jeunesse. Il se révèle encore un peu serré, avec une texture ronde, un fruit un brin compoté, mais aussi une réelle puissance tannique qui confirme qu'il en a pas mal sous la pédale. Il a un réel potentiel de garde pour au moins 5 ans, qui devrait donner quelque chose d'intéressant. À ce stade il parait plus sérieux que charmeur, bien proportionné mais assez austère pour la région, avec encore du fruit enfoui. 89+ pts
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Decanted half for 30 mins and left rest to breathe. Deep red in glass. Full on red fruit, aged but not turning towards plummy or jammy as much as a sense of saturation and essence. Light tannin, quite smooth, some amount of acid and mineral, hints of earth, spice, sometimes lighter into floral and fresher. Enjoyed over couple of hours with dinner and improved to the last drop.
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Popped and poured, and drank at a party from not that great glasses. Anyway, this has lost a bit of its intensity that it had three years ago, and also the palate seems a bit muted now. Probably a good decant would help.
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Enfin une bouteille non défectueuse ! Nez intense, sur les fruits rouges bien mûrs. Bouche concentrée et charnue, avec juste l'acidité nécessaire. Un vin très gourmand.
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Notes brèves Avec une expérience récente de 2 btles de crus du Beaujolais atteintes dans ma Cave, je me questionne sur le potentiel de garde de ces vins. Celle-ci n'es pas atteinte. Apparence foncé et dense. Nez de tire brulé, de boite à cigare, fruit noir mure cuite. En bouche, unidimensionnel, notes d'élevages, cigare et fumé.
Thought 09 may be shutting down, but this was just singing. Juicy, cool dark berry fruit, vibrant florals, and asian spice all with a savory, earthy edge. Medium bodied and structured, with excellent red fruited and orange peel acidity. Drinking so well, but will certainly continue to improve. Drink or hold.
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Le vin est grenat avec le rebord qui commence à décolorer. Nez initialement sur les épices douces, puis du fruit, de la terre et un poil de feuilles séchées seront de la partie. En bouche, il reste beaucoup de fruit qui est gouleyant et que l'on boit à grandes gorgées. Puis des saveurs d'épices, une petite sensation métallique, une acidité d'ou des saveurs de cerises acidulés émergent et une finale de longueur acceptable. Le vin me semble avoir un certain coffre et n'a pas dit son dernier mot. Très bien.
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Bouchonnée. La 3ème bouteille défectueuse. Les bouchons ne sont pas les mêmes que pour le Fleurie Garants du même millésime qui indique 2009 au sommet (ce qui n'est pas le cas pour le moulin-a-vent). Aucun souci de bouchon avec les fleurie.
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Greenblanket thinks a previous note pegged this perfectly as disjointed. He took it to a friend's house for a little Halloween get together (if helping hand out over 1200 fun size treats qualifies as a little get together). But Greenblanket risks digression yet again. There was ample tannin, mineral and acid in place but at this point it was all overridden by big grapey fruit. Maybe it needed more air or different food. Greenblanket says hold.
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This bottle has been terrific from day one. Today it is still fresh with combinations of pleasing cool light bodied fruit, earthy soil, cool minerals, and a quality of bakery-like perceptions Very nice.
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A little underwhelming - was disappointed after reading so many other positive notes! Nice grapey nose, but the palate was slightly lacking in acidity and had quite a bit of harshness at the end. Awkward phase? Too bad, as I love this wine in all vintages.
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Wow, this is rockin'! Bright, savory, ripe, delicious red-fruited yumminess, perfectly balanced with structure, in a slim, detailed package. Elegant, and classy even, for an 09 Bojo, this is the goods. Bazooka Joe bubble gum to the max somehow lends an air of sophistication, as weird as that sounds. After three nights open, this was showing even more structure. One of my favorite 09 Beaujolais so far. Yes!
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Best bottle yet. This was completely open for business! Complex with tons of minerals. This is a beauty and the bottle disappeared from the table in no time. True bargain.
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13% d'alcool, 100% Gamay Œil : rubis-pourpre éclatant, opacité 4/10, viscosité plutôt forte en parois Nez : projection d'intensité 3/10, frais, fruits noirs, myrtilles, cassis, rhubarbe, touche fumée, marc de café, thé noir, touche minérale Bouche : sec, ample au mieux, bonne prise minérale, acidité rafraîchissante à vive, tanins charnus, amertume moyenne-forte, persistance moyenne, rétro amère, fruitée, végétale Conclusion : sensation d'être en transition vers autre chose, le poil un peu hirsute. Tout de même très bon, mais son évolution nous laisse perplexe. Peut-être est-il en phase ingrate pour le moment et a-t-il besoin de temps encore pour se remettre en place?? Le temps dira. Ce soir : 87-?
Garnet coloured. Funky barnyard, dark berries and match stick. Plush and ripe. It's a well made wine, but a bit hollow in the mid-palate. I like the wine, but don't "love" it. Maybe it's a vintage thing. I was looking for more elegance, but 2009 is not the year to find it.
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mild nose. light purple, almost cranberry color. On opening, taste was floral. Then dark berry and pepper. seemed watery at first, but became full and silky in 30 min. I like tannic wines, and I am still getting used to the grapiness of these. But this one is nice.
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This is top notch gamay. At least as good as lapierre s 09, perhaps less aromatic, but more mineral and structure. Still young and needs air. Next bottle in 18 months
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Bordeaux red --- Nose fruity, vivid, red fruit, some strawberries, some raspberries, some tobacco, elegant wood notes, earthiness, some mushrooms --- Palate fresh, watery, acidic, elegant, fruity, red fruits, some very nice wood notes, very nicely integrated, lightness, some saltiness and bitterness --- Finishes on fading ref fruits, sour cherries and some bark, some cocoa at the end. Very nice vine. 2009 Beaujolais is fantastic.
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Simply delicious and getting better and better with age. Dark cherry and plum are wrapped in a mineral salt veil. Tons going on in the glass but SO hard to wait for the air to work its magic.
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I'm still trying to get a handle on Beaujolais. This has a very nice earth/leather element on the palate, good acidity and tannins. But there's a very distracting grapiness, almost candy/artificial grape in nature. Is that the carbonic maceration? I love the complexity, but can't really get past the kool-aid aspect.
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Hard to ask for a better cru Beaujolais. There's plenty of complexity behind the mouth watering red fruit. Hints of violets up front, some warm spice, and lots of earth and gravel throughout keep the mind racing. But fundamentally this wine is delicious.
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Still pretty young: needs to be decanted. After a few hours of open air, this opened up and displayed some dark fruit and serious acid and tannin structure. I'd say this needs a few more years in the bottle or a lot of decanting to really start to express its underlying notes. I didn't feel that it had 93+ potential like many other notes exclaim but, at $25 or so, it could end up being a really nice QPR in 2014 or so.
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This is a kickass Beaujolais. Nose features warm spices, wet leaves, butter, and scorched earth. Palate has dark fruits, like fig, plus sweet tobacco. Incredible finish that lasts 30+ seconds and cycles through spices, violets, garrigue, and more. Great stuff. 90-93pts.
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Now, this might have turned. Too much suffer to enjoy. Opened for guests, and was embarrassed. Thought it might open after a while, but three hours later, still no good.
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Beautiful Beaujolais, with a very good structure, fine tannins and a pure fruitiness, which is a little bit restained, but the combination with crushed rocks an saline mineral elements is interesting and precious.
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Opened in the late-morning, and decanted 10hrs. By the time I returned home, the initially tight nose with an apparent whiff of VA had blossomed into a glorious bouquet of violets, wild blackberries and licorice. In the glass, a deep, opaque, Gamay purple. On the palate, intensely structured with a lavishly textured mouthfeel. Long, juicy, and richly satisfying with a pleasant but serious tannic bite that demanded respect and suggested marvelous things to come. Up there with Foillard's Cote du Py as my favorite cru of the vintage.
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A lot more structured than the '09 Garants, this seems a quite few years from being ready to drink. The colour is very dark, the aromas are really seductively deep, dark, sweet and velvety. On the palate the bits have not quite come together yet, the tannins and acids make a rather serious impression, and there's also some wood on the finish which I don't remember in the Fleurie Garants.
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Beaujolais! (Bibou (1009 S 8th St., Philadelphia, PA 19147)): WOTN candidate. Red raspberry and darker blue berry fruit. Nice tannin and structure. Clearly younger than the 05, but after some time in the glass, this started evolving with smoother darker fruit. The tannins and structure suggest a very long development arc. The complexity, acidity and focus are stunning. This is slightly better than the 05, although the 05 is more accessibly today.
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Dark berries with light notes of soil. Tannins beginning in the midpalate. Lengthy and very structured with a big finish. Definitely needs some bottle time though I didn't see a ton underneath all the structure and there is a touch of heat. For wine geeks only.
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I find myself wanting to disparage Beaujolais relentlessly to keep the prices down and the availability up but alas....it is too good to keep secret. Delicious, complex, beautiful,.....Wish I bought more of the 09 vintage.
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Popped and poured. Ripe, fruit-frward nose of raspberry, strawberry. Palate is ripe, still young and has just a touch of rusticity. Very primary in its juicy fresh fruit. It would be worth tasting in 2013. Les 3 Roches is a blend from 3 terroirs: Rochegrès, Rochelle and Roche Noire. 13% abv.
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Sehr dunkel. Zwetschgennase. Am Gaumen rote Früchte mit viel Kraft und Eleganz. Betonte, aber sehr angenehme Säure. Ausgezeichnete Balance. Sehr schöner Wein.
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Excellent. Si un reproche peut être fait, ce sera probablement au plan de la persistance en bouche, laquelle est moyenne au mieux, mais autrement excellent.
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Pas de notes détaillées. Superbe, à la fois plein et aérien, intense et délicat, tanins encore jeunes dans un registre souples à charnus, belle minéralité, longueur correcte, acidité rafraîchissante. De corps ample à gras. Re-bravo! 91+
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Excellent Cru, though not knocking it out of the park like previous bottle. Then again this was one 3 oz. pour x 8 people, so no real chance to develop.
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Served chilled with grilled burgers & brats - given family dinner did not take real notes - with a little air, delicious, juicy wine - easy to drink but with the stuffing to handle food. Buy more - 91+
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Decanted 1 hr. The nose for the first couple of hours was a tad off putting, all over ripe strawberry and a good dose of vanilla oak. Being somewhat concerned, I cautiously took my first sip, and to much relief, the palate is at once powerful yet full of grace; loads of primal Beaujolais fruit, spicy red fruits verging on juicy. Great texture that drizzles minerals on the palate, delayed note so my palate memory is little hazy, but this was certainly a quality wine. Oh, the nose mellowed quite nicely too.
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13%, nose of dark cherry, Moi says ballast - yep, soiled ballast, earth (but not humic), some minerality; the acid is a little high but the palate aclimatises, nice weight, lacking in astringency and flavour-burst on the palate for the juicy refreshment of great Bojo, but nevertheless very enjoyable. I am not convinced this needs time - I can't see it improving the deficiencies I see, but I could well be wrong (and hope I am),.
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The Wines of Domaine du Vissoux/Pierre-Marie Chermette (Weygandt Wines - Washington, D.C.): nose of spiced cherries. it smells just like one of those "autumn" candles they sell at bed bath and beyond or some place like that. gorgeous. the palate is a silky stream of fruit. gorgeous mouthfeel. tannins are grippy and there's a slice of minerality through the whole thing. showing very well right now, but will improve for years.
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This may be a little tight yet but I sure don't think it's "closing down". Gorgeous aromatics and tremendous in the mouth. Now, is it " too big" or "atypical"? That depends on how skinny your pant legs are, I'm just sayin'.
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Fifteen 2009 Cru Beaujolais (City Club of Buckhead): This was the last wine of 15, and although my notes became a little unglued, that's partly because this really took us out on a bang. Deep ruby. Bold and alluring nose and flavors of licorice, brown sugar, plums, truffles. Terrifically concentrated and vibrant wine. Just knockout good stuff. 93-95
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Deep color. All blackberry fruit, first lean and licorice-infused, then gaining some green herbs as well. Stern to start with powerful acids but then fleshes out impressively to develop a liqueur-like aspect. Serious, backward and ageworthy.
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Pop and pour. Dark garnet- bordering on purple, this looked like beet juice. Great aromatics. Flowers everywhere, lavender, red fruit- mostly strawberry. Full bodied and a bit tightly wound on the palate, but bloomed with air in the glass. Some dark fruit, but mostly red berries with pomegranate and tart cherry. Balanced beautifully with searing acidity. Long, dramatic finish brings an involuntary grin to one's face. Certainly young and tannic, but this adds another dimension to this beautifully balanced bottle of wine.
Great stuff!
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Ah... this is stunning! It's too far removed for me to make an accurate mental comparison to the Garants. But they are easily the two best Bojos for 2009. It has a tart blueberry floral nose. Warm fresh soil and brown mineral. It has an amazing entry, tart purple fruit, not too ripe- like some other 2009's- mineral and flower come through also on the long juicy, delicious followthrough. The finish lingers... This is good wine, and highly recommended!
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Les arômes au nez sont davantage sur le fruit noir (raisin frais et mûres) que rouge, avec aussi de la pêche mûre et une pointe végétale étonnante pour un vin tout à fait mûr, laissant une impression similaire à la rafle dans certains vins du Rhône sud .. Un vin plein et rond, d'une belle fraicheur, avec de l'éclat et de la présence en bouche, des tanins discrets mais bien présents. Un vin sérieux, un peu moins charmeur que l'été dernier, qui semble se refermer un peu mais promet beaucoup d'ici 5 ans. 90+ pts
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Dark ruby to the rim. Tons going on in this wine. A little closed down and sadly I didn't give it enough time to change. Drank with good friends on the porch in great weather! Probably needs several years more age.
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Loved this wine. Bright and light is what comes to mind. Raspberry on the nose. Very balanced throughout. Highly recommend all the '09 Beaujolais that I've tried so far.
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Saturated ruby-garnet color, semi-transparent in the glass. This was closed down on the nose out of the bottle, but after 2 hours in a wide rim Burgundy glass the minerals arrived in a fashion of crushed mountain berries and wildflower petals laid on top a stone slate table, the juice and serum diluted by a constant drizzle of rain. That dilution is a something of a drag on this bottle, as this bouquet really falls below the bar set by the Cru Vissoux extra-appellation sister bottlings. One gets the impression this is in the process of closing shop (for how many seasons?), as the very focused and concentrated boysenberry/raspberry fruit and savory soy and Hoisin and iron-rich beef jerky and BBQ flavors are all there to taste and feel (along with the crushed rocks), but they're muted by a silky sheen of something constricting in the wine, perhaps structural elements, though the acid and tannins don't stand out. The mouthfeel of this wine is crack amazing and will not be outdone by anything from this producer this vintage. A second glass pour had more to offer (less diffusion), on palate more so than bouquet. A hint of an carbonic effect was the only downside in that glass exchange. The concentrated fruit becomes tart and sappy near the finish. Lovely minerality all throughout. Here we have a wine profile doppelganger to well made, cold climate CA Pinot of the best I've had. So much concentration, complexity and life in these wines. 93 then 94+ points driven by the sheer quality this wine possesses when in the mouth.
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Had this wine two times over the last 6 months: first time: impressive fruit driven beauj. with lots of extract and lots in reserve. Second time (two weeks ago): just lots in reserve. I concur with the previous note, this wine is shutting down. I will continue drinking part of my Lapierre 2009 stash, and forget about these for the next 3 years. I am confident that this will blossom by then.
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Intensely brightly colored. Brighter and more typical than most 2009s on the nose. Very impressive, luscious yet lithe aromas; some forest floor, ferns, cranberries, minerals. An awesome amalgam of smells. The palate is also quite bright and juicy... it hits my palate and I can feel my mouth begin to water. Tart on the palate, with nice soft acidity, pleasing soft fruits, and a little gritty in texture. Not quite as smooth texturally as many 2009s, but the flavors are very rich and complex.. one of the most diverse palates, as it evolved on the tongue as I keep it there for up to a minute... really fun. After a minute in the mouth (yeah I'm weird) it gets really bright and tart, kind of like sour gummy worms. The fruit is beautifully ripe without going overboard, remaining bright. The finish kicks with acidity and some tannins and it's really bright, with its tartness lingering for a minute. This began shutting down pretty quickly after opening. It's quite tannic on the finish. Definitely impressive structure. I look forward to watching its evolution, as I think this will be another long term ager.
I sipped on this open bottled for SEVEN days before it showed any signs of oxidation, and even now it's very slight. It was really only a 91 point wine for 15 minutes or so shortly after opening, then closing down fairly hard for the remainder of the time open. During the past 7 days it showed glimmers of opening back up, before being closed again the next day. As such, I'm putting the score at 90 points for current enjoyment. The future is quite bright here, though, and I'll probably put a few bottles away for 10+ years.
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13,5% d'alcool, 100% Gamay Oeil : rubis-pourpre intense, forte viscosité en parois Nez : projection d'intensité moyenne à forte, épicé, minéral, fruité sur la canneberge confite, le cassis et la cerise intense, touche florale, pointe végétale, boisé présent mais élégant, très bonne intensité, frais, invitant Bouche : sec, ample, acidité rafraîchissante, tanins presque charnus et fins, astringence modérée, amertume modérée, frais, plutôt intense, superbe équilibre, charmeur, rétro sur la canneberge, la cerise, minérale et boisée, persistence moyenne Conclusion : super beau Moulin-à-Vent, équilibré, à la fois charmeur et très droit, qui a gagné en intensité et en locacité avec l'aération sur 90 minutes environ. À boire sur 5 à 7 ans. Beaucoup de plaisir. 90-91+
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Perhaps the best young red wine I tasted in 2010. It's got the same great texture and depth as the other cru Vissoux wines and brings perfectly pure red and black fruit fruit swirled with mineral and earth.
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Really delicious and easy to drink. Dense purple in the glass. Smells of dark plums, cherries, peaches, blueberries, with a slight smokiness in the background. Lovely mouthfeel, soft and velvety with enough acid to keep it fresh. Tannins present but not assertive. Paired with a dish of lightly smoked roast chicken with corn and red pepper fritters which probably would have worked better with a syrah or Rhone blend. Still, both were delicious, so I guess that means it worked.
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Very high-quality Beajolais: unusual precision, complexity and restraint amid the characteristically generous fruit. Delightful structure, but tannic and acidic. Closes down somewhat shortly after opening, but should be a good long-haul wine. Eminently drinkable now, but a loss of value to do so considering its eventual potential.
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Bit of a dissapointment. I compered this to basic, cheap gamay, bought from nearby store, and this was no-where near 90-points. Tight and boring. Tried decanting and many different temperatures, but nothing special happened.
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Much richer and more primary than the Poncié; this is packed with rich red fruits with a little carbonic spritz. With time the fruit takes a step back as a savoury earthiness emerges alongside, but it's more notable right now for its very rich, velvety mouthfeel that makes it all too easy to drink rather than any real complexity. Though I'm sure that'll come with time, given the stuffing, structure and overall balance.
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A stunning gamay, the soaring aromatics are of Grand Cru Burgundy quality - fresh picked blackberry/black raspberry, spice and mineral/earth notes. Wide open with a very weighty texture, it manages to be both serious and gulpable. A special wine.
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Notes from day 1. Purple with magenta tinge. Nose of red plum, a little wild strawberry, and some nice spice. Palate of hot stone, red plum to red raspberry, a minerality. The finish is long for a beaujolais, and there is a great balance and acidity to the palate. Really solid wine, but will get better with a little bottle age. A great example of a cru beaujolais. My second time around with this bottling, consistant notes. Hold or drink. 50+5+12+17+6
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Another beauty. This is more open than the Fleurie Poncie, and as Keith said, the texture is marvelous. It has a quicksand quality where it slowly takes you in and envelops your taste buds as the wine gets progressively more intense and deeper on the palate. It's velvety and encompassing. Truly lovely. I find it hard to choose between this and the Poncie, which I found a bit more focused and spherical, but why choose when they're both so delicious--and such bargains.
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2009 Beaujolais (Dino, Washington DC): Relatively simple nose of juicy red fruits. Big, supple and relatively uncomplicated on the palate. Nice quaffing wine.
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Stunning. This is definitely a richer, more concentrated wine than the Fleurie-Poncie, with the fruit so densely saturating that the cedary streak that was so prominent in the Fleurie is here too but barely registers as a wisp. As concentrated as it is though, this doesn't cross into the red zone of a fat mouthfeel or any kind of sur-maturité; quite the contrary, it's hard to imagine something with more perfect, balanced, flawless ripeness than this. The mouthfeel is like a Vosne-Romanée grand cru (imagine something with the lavish stuffing of a Richebourg and the caressing, satiny texture of an RSV... um, yeah). The downside, if you can call it that, is that it is fairly weighty, serious stuff, not a guzzler by any means and a wine that will probably need bottle age to reveal its details. For now the flavor is primary and static enough that the last sip doesn't offer as much satisfaction as the first, and a good part of its appeal comes from its textural sophistication. But it makes me giddy with excitement imagining what this could turn into given the right amount of sideways time.
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Vin d'opacité moyenne. Le nez offre fruits rouges et épices. Simple mais charmeur. En bouche le fruit est pur, un beau côté épicé est présent tout comme une belle acidité qui rend l'ensemble bien frais et rafraichissant. Un peu de bois est perceptible, lui donnant une certaine profondeur. Beau rouge à boire l'été
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Wow quel vin pour le prix! Gorgé de fruit, mais du sérieux avec une certaine minéralité et une finale bien tendue. Une pureté de fruit qu'on retrouve habituellement dans des vins vendus beaucoup plus cher. Je suis plus que néophyte en Beaujolais mais conquis par ce vin que je vais assurément encaver.
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La robe est dense avec un coté presque mauve, une caractéristique fréquente chez les 2009 que j'ai eu la chance de croiser au récent salon. Nez sur la pêche mûre, une fleur non identifiée et du fruit noir (cassis et bleuet) Dense, frais, large et gorgé de fruit, rond et goûteux, la finale un peu acidulée montre une belle longueur. Un fruit d'une pureté magnifique qui ressemble beaucoup au 2005.
On aurait tendance à oublier qu'il s'agit d'un vin de garde avec un potentiel évident pour développer de la complexité aromatique et une minéralité, comme le 2005 commence à faire. Le prix pratiqué est tel une rassurante berceuse, confirmant qu'il y a encore du vin superbe à prix tout à fait incroyable. 90-91+ pts
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4/21/2024 - cweiss Likes this wine:
Passover, and well-liked. Restrained and Burg-like at this stage, though certainly Gamay.
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2/11/2024 - drfloyd Likes this wine:
Still going strong - what a nose - just gorgeous…. Surprising few signs of age - minor bricking only. Impressive…
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11/23/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:
Thanksgiving 2023 (Los Gatos, California): Light red. Ripe fruit aromas without any green notes. Impressive concentration of sappy blackberry, dark red fruit, and licorice with significant remaining tannic clout. A big cru with serious depth and structure that is not yet at peak. More a wine of the vintage than the Fleurie was.
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5/8/2023 - Ericsson wrote: flawed
Oxydée comme les 2 précédentes, sans doute un problème de stockage
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11/20/2022 - r.o.man Likes this wine: 92 Points
Aging beautifully. Still full of life and energy, no tiredness. The age is recognizable thou - from watery rim, leathery and little porty nose, alcohol. On the palate calm, compact, soft, still fresh, long clean finish. Very good aged bojo. Clean, long and still alive. Interesting.
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10/29/2022 - Petit amateur Likes this wine: 91 Points
D'abord un peu discret au nez, il se révèle après un certain temps dans le verre. La robe est d'un grenat un peu translucide, légèrement briquée. Arômes de dessert de fruits rouges, bonbon à la cerise, framboise, épices douces, de tabac de cigare aromatisé, très subtile notes boisées. En bouche c'est très souple et bien équilibré avec une acidité rafraîchissante, une trame tannique fine et veloutée, un fruit alléchant. Un vin automnale, un gamay aérien qui se la joue tel un Bourgogne racé de climat frais.
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2/28/2022 - Ericsson wrote: flawed
Moins oxydée que la première bouteille mais pas vraiment buvable…
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11/25/2021 - fitzi wrote:
Opened Thanksgiving eve, after a week-long, pre-TG wine fast. Rather nice, with depth and complexity befitting this cru Beajolais and Chermette vinification - a bit of cherry, hints of allspice, a soupcon of Gamay gaminess. Still felt like it was holding back, keeping the lid on much of its flavor potential. We'll see what the leftovers reveal. CT inventory says I have 4 more 750s of this, mais je m'en doute. I think there's just one magnum left, which I plan to hang onto for a few years to come.
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9/22/2021 - Ericsson wrote: flawed
Totalement oxydée.
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7/29/2021 - fitzi wrote:
Very good, still some upside, imho. With air and time open, continues to smooth out over a couple of days until it's very cherry-like.
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6/2/2021 - europat55 wrote: 92 Points
This is outstanding, and seems to have the structure to last for quite a while. Who said Beaujolais can't age!? ;)
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2/14/2021 - Larewski Likes this wine: 94 Points
Same as previous bottle. Delightful.
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12/25/2020 - kosmik Likes this wine: 91 Points
Œil : opacité 4/10, bien net, aucune trace d’oxydation a l’œil, très forte visco en parois
Nez : après 30 minutes d’aération, projection moyenne, fruits bleus, petits fruits rouges acidulés, quelques épices rappelant le girofle (doux), la sauge, la graine de fenouil, boisé noble très discret, quelques fleurs séchées
Bouche : sec, ample+, acidité rafraîchissante++, amertume moyenne+, tanins fins et encore charnus, légère prise minérale, persistance moyenne-longue
Conclusion: éclatant de jeunesse, confondant même. Beaucoup de plaisir ce soir. A revoir en 2022.
91+?
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12/17/2020 - Larewski wrote: 92 Points
Agree with the October and November notes and happy to have more bottles. It’s actually fresh as a daisy. The same vintage Fleurie Les Garants, however, is exactly as described by earlier notes of it being “stewy” and improving over three days. Gives me hope for the Fleurie.
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11/27/2020 - Paul Lin wrote: 90 Points
The first time I had this wine, I wasn’t very impressed. It had a stewy, overripe quality that made me think the vintage was over-hyped. This bottle, however, was very different. It was crisp with crunchy blackberry fruit, minerals, and a juicy finish. There is either extreme bottle variation in this producer or time has been very kind to this wine.
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10/17/2020 - maxmanx wrote:
Still good after sitting on the counter for a week! Too bad it's my last bottle.
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10/11/2020 - drwine2001 wrote:
Ruby center. Aromas of blackberry jam and pine needles. Lush entry for Gamay with ripe blackberry and blueberry, then a powerful, rather strict finish with great acidity and stoniness. If anything, this seemed less open and ready than a bottle nearly 4 years ago. Remarkable and deeply impressive. From my read of it tonight, it could be a 25 year wine.
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3/24/2020 - z_willus_d wrote:
The last several bottles of this (drank 3/14/2014, 6/13/16, 2/12/17, 3/24/20) have been, for me, less "inspiring" than my original encounters (2/26/11 and 9/18/13) that led me to purchase close to two cases of this wine. I don't recall the details from the '14 - '17 dates, but the fact that I didn't record any notes is some evidence that I lacked, well, inspiration to do so. This most recent bottle was slightly stewed and showing slightly off-putting tertiary flavors on day-1 open. As I got into the 2nd and final 3rds of the bottle on the following two days, the wine settled into a more familiar mineral (iron-laden), reasonably balanced expression of gamay that still had some decent fruit. I'd probably score the wine a 90+ on those later days. I'm not enthusiastic about the idea that since the wine improved with slow-ox, it suggests it will improve in the bottle over the coming years. But, who knows. This is new territory for me. I still have about a case of this to following into its twilight years. I would love to find it can somehow evolve into something more than it currently seems to be showing. If anyone does have experience with 10-20+ year aged Cru Beaujolais, I'd love to hear from you in a comment. What can I expect? Will these hold up? Should I drink through them with a fervor before they get worse?
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3/15/2020 - r.o.man Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still very solid, though showing some age. The fruit is still fresh. The texture got more tender and evolved first touches of tertiary aromas. Great juicy red and blue fruits carried by firm and clean acidity. Touch of black tea, orange rind, red apple. Really long. Medium body. Focused, balanced, clean. Very good.
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11/24/2019 - FransS wrote: 88 Points
Yesterday: musty and showing real age; today more balance, age, but not too, round, polished and showing the aging potential of this wine; undoubtedly somewhat better 3 to 4 years ago.
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9/22/2019 - maxmanx wrote:
Still going strong! Great wine & great example of Beaujolais' aging potential.
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9/20/2019 - fitzi wrote:
From magnum, fresh and delicious, bright with sweet-tasting cherry fruit. Acid is a touch heavy, but doesn't detract materially from the overall goodness of the wine. Judging from experience, I'd guess that this bottle has been though the youthful stage of plush fruit flavor, the kind of garbagey-decayed-tasting stage that follows. I'd expect the wine to shut down soon, aromatically, and finally to re-emerge in a lighter, even lacey, form some five or six years down the road. This was the pattern, most recently, of my 2005 Tete cuvée Prestige magnums (see my recent note).
looking at my June note on a 750 bottle, I'd estimate now that the 750s are precisely in this dumb phase and will be delightful in another year or three. Fingers crossed.
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6/22/2019 - fitzi wrote:
An okay bottle, lacking the plump Moulin fruit that characterized it up until a year or two ago. Now, I'd guess, either transitioning through an awkward phase or tired, unsure which.
Moulin is by reputation the champion Beaujolais ager, but my personal experiments are putting Fleurie and Cote de Brouilly ahead. I guess I'd better get busy with more research.
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5/21/2019 - pren wrote: 89 Points
两天喝掉。第一天，有点特殊的焦甜味，口感普通。第二天，差不多。十年的boujeaulais，普通。
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3/21/2019 - octopussy wrote: flawed
Corked
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1/27/2019 - PIntag wrote:
Recent purchase from WineBid.
Other than some fairly prominent brett, I thought this was drinking very nicely. I'm more sensitive than most when it comes to brett, but I am surprised that there is no mention of it in 131 prior notes.
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9/18/2018 - MQuentel@web.de Likes this wine: 93 Points
This wonderful 2009 Moulin a Vent shows what Beaujolais Grand Cru really can do. Bright ruby with a touch of purple, with medium transparency. In the nose unfolds a fine smell of cherries, yellow plums, wet granite rock. In complete harmony on the palate - silky, fine and quite melted tannins; fine juiciness and freshness; wonderfully integrated, fresh acidity and a beguiling fruit of red and blue fruits (cherry, pomegranate and a touch of blueberries), with a fine, powdery minerality. Fresh and fine juicy length. All this is not heavyweight, but light and vibrant, yet full of character and depth.
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3/3/2018 - tbone wrote:
Rocking now, drained quickly.
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2/27/2018 - fitzi wrote:
Excellent. Ready.
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2/4/2018 - drfloyd wrote: 92 Points
Gave it a quick one hour decant - beautiful nose, plush berry, something almost savory and some candied notes on top - sufficient fruit but a tiny bit lacking, which I’m guessing will come out with a bit more air. Great acidity - with light tannins at the end - solid.
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11/27/2017 - ciesel Likes this wine: 90 Points
My bottle's time had passed. Faded quickly with decant. Upon opening still had blackberry and blueberry and earthiness. A strong sense of place in this wine. But after an hour fruit was all but gone.
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11/10/2017 - maxmanx wrote: 92 Points
Needed to open up, but didn't decant. This is still a great bottle of wine and I would consider it ready to drink with a decant. I'm going to slowly drink my other bottles over the next few years.
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5/9/2017 - Enfantterrible wrote: 89 Points
No notes but this bottle felt fully ready. Holders might want to check their stock
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3/28/2017 - GUS 513 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened beautifully with very good concentration. Nice balance and decent depth for a beaujolais. Good color. Not a long finish. Spritty and jumpy....just a fun wine. Very enjoyable. May reach its peak in another year or so.
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3/2/2017 - r.o.man Likes this wine: 92 Points
Beautiful Cru Beaujolais with real sense of place. Still youthful, this is rich, dense, fresh, with lifted acidity and tasty juicy fruit. Immense concentration and perfect weight on the midpalate. Clean long finish, earthy aftertaste. Young tannins.
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2/5/2017 - d'Artagnan wrote: 90 Points
Bon vin juteux, avec une touche minérale, c'est bien équilibré, fort agréable. Très bien en l'état, il a probablement le potentiel pour développer davantage de complexité. 90 pts
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12/19/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Pretty deep ruby. Typical brambly nose. More layered than everyday Gamay, but I wouldn't use "syrupy" as a descriptor as I did last time. Wonderfully incisive blackberry and blueberry with spice, herbs, very good acidity, an earthy vein, and round tannins. This has definitely developed and loosened up over the past few years, but it does not yet seem at its peak. Impressively constituted Cru Beaujolais.
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12/18/2016 - Enfantterrible wrote: 89 Points
no notes. it drank like a fully mature, if somewhat simple, wine that seemed unlikely to improve
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11/25/2016 - cos82 wrote: 88 Points
Nice balance of fruit and minerality. Light cherry in color and cherry on the nose. Good acidity. Better than my last bottle, but that one was corked. More earthy than sweet. A good wine
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8/30/2016 - DStone Likes this wine: 91 Points
Full-bodied, not terribly aromatic, with oak showing (mildly). Very nice wine from the Chermettes!
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6/13/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium ruby (quite saturated for Gamay). Some floral and herbal tones to go with ripe fruit. This has amazing and unusual almost syrupy black and blue fruit with a chocolatey entry. Somehow it manages to retain the underlying Moulin-à-Vent structure and stoniness. This is exciting and nowhere near fully resolved at this point.
Two nights later, it had held up amazingly well in the recorked bottle, losing none of its great fruit or depth.
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5/23/2016 - maxmanx wrote:
PnP at a party, so not really a great tasting experience. But still really enjoyed this. I think it is ready to go.
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4/9/2016 - cos82 wrote: flawed
Corked
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2/11/2016 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 92 Points
Ruby in color with a bit of purple. Just a beautiful nose. Deep with dried meats, raspberries, slight macerated cherries, and a bit of a floral note. Not quite as good on the palate, but still outstanding. Cherries tightly layered with a damp forest floor. A bit of ripe cherries. This is still young and continued to improve. Riper than most Beaujolais perhaps in terms of vintages, but certainly within bonds. Very pretty wine.
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1/30/2016 - maxmanx wrote:
Seemed flabby to me. I decanted and maybe I should just PnP.
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11/17/2015 - Dale M wrote: 91 Points
I remember this was the WB Beaujolais darling around 2011, and I am thankful for the tip as this was a real joy to drink on a dark and wet Tuesday night in Seattle. Charming on the nose, 'facial toner' as my girlfriend helpfully offered, and smelling it later, I agreed. This was and I suspect will always be about its generous, lovely fruit. Red current jelly is kindly lent support via a silky texture, and a slight bitter twist at the end again reinforces freshness. I see Gilman has this going to 2035, perhaps he knows better than I, but this was a real treat to enjoy now, I wouldn't hesitate to pull the cork if you have a bottle.
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10/31/2015 - Paul Lin wrote: 82 Points
I don't which is the better stem for this wine — Bordeaux or Burgundy. In the former, the nose is fairly muted, but there is more acidity on the palate. But in the latter, the wine smells prunes, and the palate is soft, and maybe a tad flabby. In the end, In the end, I don't think the wine lives up to the hype of the vintage. What I mostly get is simple, overripe, and hollow notes of prunes, gravel, and crushed minerals.
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9/4/2015 - fitzi wrote:
Tried one based on recent notes, as with the Garants. This is a big wine, with plenty of fruit, acidity and body, seemingly bigger, with more depth and reserve than the Garants. Approachable now for its cossetting mouth-feel, aromatic depth, and fresh acidity, it seems to me this wine would improve even more with another year or three. Drink this with a red meat dish now, or hold for a bit - impressive either way.
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8/10/2015 - jdinkin1 wrote: 89 Points
This is a big BJ. Dark fruit, nice acid, decent finish. Wish I had more
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8/10/2015 - chcook Likes this wine:
Dark color. Bright cherry on nose with some spice. Swishing shows dense acid under the fruit. Sipping shows off the fruit density and weight, but this has typical shortish finish. Blind I thought that this was Grenache because of the density and acidity, but in retrospect it is just kick ass bojo. Gotta love Chermette
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6/9/2015 - jrobs7777 wrote:
Hooo boy. This is absolutely fantastic. And for under $25!! It is a steal. So well balanced. So juicy. Nicely concentrated. Lip smacking long finish. I really could not find any nits with this wine except maybe it lacked a little complexity. The nose is pure black cherry. Cherries, cherries cherries. A touch of spice, but strong black cherry. Palate is seamless and powerful but exceptionally balanced by the acid. Silky smooth texture. Based on some of the earlier (in time) notes, including my own from several years ago, this wine has clearly shed its youthfulness and developed into something very special (it was still very good back a few years). There is nothing out of place here. It is a perfect accompaniment for food but drinks deliciously well on its own.
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5/25/2015 - Jeanda Likes this wine: 89 Points
Encore très jeune, ce vin montre peu d'évolution à l'œil. Nez fermé mais bouche assez intense, plutôt florale. C'est juteux et charnu, toujours aussi facile à boire, avec juste ce qu'il faut de fraîcheur. Peut encore se garder 3-5 ans.
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5/19/2015 - r.o.man Likes this wine: 93 Points
Easily one of the best Beaujolais I have ever tasted. Rich, tight, sappy. I agree with TN from Riccardo Malocchio here - this wine is quite expressive, beautifully warm and soothing smokey nose with balsamic and floral notes. Savory palate, good volume, rich and spicy, lifted by very fresh acidity. Salty dry finish.
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4/13/2015 - Riccardo Malocchio wrote: 93 Points
I don't often post a second TN on a single wine, but this one offers so much exquisite pleasure I couldn't resist. Easily among my very favorite Beaujolais crus of the '09 vintage, each bottle displayed that barest whiff of VA, that absolutely perfect dollop of volatility that lifts the perfumes and flavors into something utterly ethereal and totally captivating. As before, a glorious bouquet of violets and dark fruit waft from the glass all the way across the table upon the first pour, so deep and heady with wild blackberries, licorice, and immense florality. The mouthfeel is lavish and rich, yet utterly fresh and lifted, more linear than round, its granitic terroir totally on display, and that perfected Platonic ideal of volatility supporting a sweet bouquet of inner mouth perfume. Swooon. Swoooooooonnnnnn! Long, juicy, immensely satisfying, and totally my huckleberry.
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4/6/2015 - Roughl Does not like this wine:
This was over the Hill, still drinkbare but the alcohol is disjointed. Note to myself: Keep this for cooking. Coravin sample
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2/8/2015 - ludwigbpm wrote: 90 Points
Sans notes
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12/5/2014 - The Masked Sommelier wrote:
Very good. Can still hold the road.
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11/28/2014 - GARDEN Likes this wine: 90 Points
This will benefit for a little more time. I rated it 89 on night one. The remainder of the bottle was consumed two nights later, after being vacuumed sealed and placed in the refrigerator. On the latter night, I rated the wine at 90.
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10/22/2014 - d'Artagnan wrote: 89 Points
Un joli nez floral, avec du fruit rouge (griottes), de la violette, du poivre.
La bouche montre un vin entre deux âges, , il a perdu son gras de bébé et l'exubérance de sa jeunesse. Il se révèle encore un peu serré, avec une texture ronde, un fruit un brin compoté, mais aussi une réelle puissance tannique qui confirme qu'il en a pas mal sous la pédale. Il a un réel potentiel de garde pour au moins 5 ans, qui devrait donner quelque chose d'intéressant. À ce stade il parait plus sérieux que charmeur, bien proportionné mais assez austère pour la région, avec encore du fruit enfoui. 89+ pts
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9/22/2014 - wayfarer Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted half for 30 mins and left rest to breathe. Deep red in glass. Full on red fruit, aged but not turning towards plummy or jammy as much as a sense of saturation and essence. Light tannin, quite smooth, some amount of acid and mineral, hints of earth, spice, sometimes lighter into floral and fresher. Enjoyed over couple of hours with dinner and improved to the last drop.
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9/16/2014 - ekallio wrote:
Popped and poured, and drank at a party from not that great glasses. Anyway, this has lost a bit of its intensity that it had three years ago, and also the palate seems a bit muted now. Probably a good decant would help.
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7/28/2014 - Jeanda Likes this wine: 90 Points
Enfin une bouteille non défectueuse ! Nez intense, sur les fruits rouges bien mûrs. Bouche concentrée et charnue, avec juste l'acidité nécessaire. Un vin très gourmand.
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6/28/2014 - YoRi wrote: 86 Points
Notes brèves
Avec une expérience récente de 2 btles de crus du Beaujolais atteintes dans ma Cave, je me questionne sur le potentiel de garde de ces vins.
Celle-ci n'es pas atteinte.
Apparence foncé et dense. Nez de tire brulé, de boite à cigare, fruit noir mure cuite.
En bouche, unidimensionnel, notes d'élevages, cigare et fumé.
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4/28/2014 - Rob and Meg wrote: 91 Points
Thought 09 may be shutting down, but this was just singing. Juicy, cool dark berry fruit, vibrant florals, and asian spice all with a savory, earthy edge. Medium bodied and structured, with excellent red fruited and orange peel acidity. Drinking so well, but will certainly continue to improve. Drink or hold.
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2/22/2014 - dzitt wrote: 90 Points
Le vin est grenat avec le rebord qui commence à décolorer. Nez initialement sur les épices douces, puis du fruit, de la terre et un poil de feuilles séchées seront de la partie. En bouche, il reste beaucoup de fruit qui est gouleyant et que l'on boit à grandes gorgées. Puis des saveurs d'épices, une petite sensation métallique, une acidité d'ou des saveurs de cerises acidulés émergent et une finale de longueur acceptable. Le vin me semble avoir un certain coffre et n'a pas dit son dernier mot. Très bien.
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12/1/2013 - Jeanda wrote: flawed
Bouchonnée. La 3ème bouteille défectueuse. Les bouchons ne sont pas les mêmes que pour le Fleurie Garants du même millésime qui indique 2009 au sommet (ce qui n'est pas le cas pour le moulin-a-vent). Aucun souci de bouchon avec les fleurie.
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10/31/2013 - greenblanket wrote:
Greenblanket thinks a previous note pegged this perfectly as disjointed. He took it to a friend's house for a little Halloween get together (if helping hand out over 1200 fun size treats qualifies as a little get together). But Greenblanket risks digression yet again. There was ample tannin, mineral and acid in place but at this point it was all overridden by big grapey fruit. Maybe it needed more air or different food. Greenblanket says hold.
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10/4/2013 - sebastienjm wrote: 88 Points
Un gamay savoureux, encore jeune, plein de fruit.
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9/22/2013 - Charlie Carnes wrote:
This bottle has been terrific from day one. Today it is still fresh with combinations of pleasing cool light bodied fruit, earthy soil, cool minerals, and a quality of bakery-like perceptions Very nice.
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9/15/2013 - Roughl wrote:
Last bottle of a six pack bought upon release. Best bottle yet, wish i had bought 24 bottles of this. ... Was excellent with wild duck.
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8/12/2013 - christyler wrote:
A little underwhelming - was disappointed after reading so many other positive notes! Nice grapey nose, but the palate was slightly lacking in acidity and had quite a bit of harshness at the end. Awkward phase? Too bad, as I love this wine in all vintages.
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7/16/2013 - sawira wrote: 93 Points
Wow, this is rockin'! Bright, savory, ripe, delicious red-fruited yumminess, perfectly balanced with structure, in a slim, detailed package. Elegant, and classy even, for an 09 Bojo, this is the goods. Bazooka Joe bubble gum to the max somehow lends an air of sophistication, as weird as that sounds. After three nights open, this was showing even more structure. One of my favorite 09 Beaujolais so far. Yes!
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6/7/2013 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine:
This delicious wine is ready to drink. Bright and cool red and blue fruit perceptions, nice crisp mouthfeel, and a pleasing swallow.
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5/29/2013 - Roughl wrote:
Best bottle yet. This was completely open for business! Complex with tons of minerals. This is a beauty and the bottle disappeared from the table in no time. True bargain.
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5/29/2013 - kosmik wrote: 87 Points
13% d'alcool, 100% Gamay
Œil : rubis-pourpre éclatant, opacité 4/10, viscosité plutôt forte en parois
Nez : projection d'intensité 3/10, frais, fruits noirs, myrtilles, cassis, rhubarbe, touche fumée, marc de café, thé noir, touche minérale
Bouche : sec, ample au mieux, bonne prise minérale, acidité rafraîchissante à vive, tanins charnus, amertume moyenne-forte, persistance moyenne, rétro amère, fruitée, végétale
Conclusion : sensation d'être en transition vers autre chose, le poil un peu hirsute. Tout de même très bon, mais son évolution nous laisse perplexe. Peut-être est-il en phase ingrate pour le moment et a-t-il besoin de temps encore pour se remettre en place?? Le temps dira.
Ce soir : 87-?
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3/20/2013 - Kitura Likes this wine: 88 Points
Garnet coloured. Funky barnyard, dark berries and match stick. Plush and ripe. It's a well made wine, but a bit hollow in the mid-palate. I like the wine, but don't "love" it. Maybe it's a vintage thing. I was looking for more elegance, but 2009 is not the year to find it.
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1/25/2013 - greenblanket wrote:
Crazy structure and tons of well integrated gamay detail showing here.
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1/6/2013 - BuynMorThnDrinkn wrote:
mild nose. light purple, almost cranberry color. On opening, taste was floral. Then dark berry and pepper. seemed watery at first, but became full and silky in 30 min. I like tannic wines, and I am still getting used to the grapiness of these. But this one is nice.
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1/4/2013 - Roughl wrote:
This is top notch gamay. At least as good as lapierre s 09, perhaps less aromatic, but more mineral and structure. Still young and needs air. Next bottle in 18 months
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1/1/2013 - mhensel wrote: 90 Points
Bordeaux red --- Nose fruity, vivid, red fruit, some strawberries, some raspberries, some tobacco, elegant wood notes, earthiness, some mushrooms --- Palate fresh, watery, acidic, elegant, fruity, red fruits, some very nice wood notes, very nicely integrated, lightness, some saltiness and bitterness --- Finishes on fading ref fruits, sour cherries and some bark, some cocoa at the end. Very nice vine. 2009 Beaujolais is fantastic.
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12/24/2012 - BMG Wine wrote: 92 Points
Simply delicious and getting better and better with age. Dark cherry and plum are wrapped in a mineral salt veil. Tons going on in the glass but SO hard to wait for the air to work its magic.
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12/12/2012 - Michael Davidson wrote:
I'm still trying to get a handle on Beaujolais. This has a very nice earth/leather element on the palate, good acidity and tannins. But there's a very distracting grapiness, almost candy/artificial grape in nature. Is that the carbonic maceration? I love the complexity, but can't really get past the kool-aid aspect.
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12/10/2012 - davudvl wrote: 91 Points
This wine is at the same time complex and easy to drink. Very nice!
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11/26/2012 - RichardsFLX Likes this wine: 92 Points
Hard to ask for a better cru Beaujolais. There's plenty of complexity behind the mouth watering red fruit. Hints of violets up front, some warm spice, and lots of earth and gravel throughout keep the mind racing. But fundamentally this wine is delicious.
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11/19/2012 - thetong wrote: 90 Points
Still pretty young: needs to be decanted. After a few hours of open air, this opened up and displayed some dark fruit and serious acid and tannin structure. I'd say this needs a few more years in the bottle or a lot of decanting to really start to express its underlying notes. I didn't feel that it had 93+ potential like many other notes exclaim but, at $25 or so, it could end up being a really nice QPR in 2014 or so.
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10/13/2012 - lifeattable Likes this wine: 92 Points
This is a kickass Beaujolais. Nose features warm spices, wet leaves, butter, and scorched earth. Palate has dark fruits, like fig, plus sweet tobacco. Incredible finish that lasts 30+ seconds and cycles through spices, violets, garrigue, and more. Great stuff. 90-93pts.
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10/3/2012 - jtinto wrote: 91 Points
Really nice. Juicy, saline, structured.
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8/22/2012 - Jflawrence wrote: 84 Points
Now, this might have turned. Too much suffer to enjoy. Opened for guests, and was embarrassed. Thought it might open after a while, but three hours later, still no good.
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7/27/2012 - Euell Gophar wrote: 89 Points
Much better bottle than my February tasting.
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6/3/2012 - MQuentel@web.de wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful Beaujolais, with a very good structure, fine tannins and a pure fruitiness, which is a little bit restained, but the combination with crushed rocks an saline mineral elements is interesting and precious.
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5/29/2012 - jfmontreal wrote: 93 Points
Still can't believe this wine is from Beaujolais. Wish I had more of those.
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5/2/2012 - Riccardo Malocchio wrote: 93 Points
Opened in the late-morning, and decanted 10hrs. By the time I returned home, the initially tight nose with an apparent whiff of VA had blossomed into a glorious bouquet of violets, wild blackberries and licorice. In the glass, a deep, opaque, Gamay purple. On the palate, intensely structured with a lavishly textured mouthfeel. Long, juicy, and richly satisfying with a pleasant but serious tannic bite that demanded respect and suggested marvelous things to come. Up there with Foillard's Cote du Py as my favorite cru of the vintage.
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3/7/2012 - greenblanket wrote:
Lots of depth and structure here but a little disjointed compared to my last bottle. Maybe it's time to lay off for awhile?
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12/25/2011 - ekallio wrote:
A lot more structured than the '09 Garants, this seems a quite few years from being ready to drink. The colour is very dark, the aromas are really seductively deep, dark, sweet and velvety. On the palate the bits have not quite come together yet, the tannins and acids make a rather serious impression, and there's also some wood on the finish which I don't remember in the Fleurie Garants.
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12/11/2011 - jrobs7777 wrote: 93 Points
Beaujolais! (Bibou (1009 S 8th St., Philadelphia, PA 19147)): WOTN candidate. Red raspberry and darker blue berry fruit. Nice tannin and structure. Clearly younger than the 05, but after some time in the glass, this started evolving with smoother darker fruit. The tannins and structure suggest a very long development arc. The complexity, acidity and focus are stunning. This is slightly better than the 05, although the 05 is more accessibly today.
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12/3/2011 - WetRock wrote:
Dark berries with light notes of soil. Tannins beginning in the midpalate. Lengthy and very structured with a big finish. Definitely needs some bottle time though I didn't see a ton underneath all the structure and there is a touch of heat. For wine geeks only.
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11/23/2011 - BMG Wine wrote: 92 Points
I find myself wanting to disparage Beaujolais relentlessly to keep the prices down and the availability up but alas....it is too good to keep secret. Delicious, complex, beautiful,.....Wish I bought more of the 09 vintage.
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10/21/2011 - Tony Molester wrote:
Popped and poured. Ripe, fruit-frward nose of raspberry, strawberry.
Palate is ripe, still young and has just a touch of rusticity. Very primary in its juicy fresh fruit. It would be worth tasting in 2013.
Les 3 Roches is a blend from 3 terroirs: Rochegrès, Rochelle and Roche Noire.
13% abv.
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10/19/2011 - theeb wrote: 90 Points
Sehr dunkel. Zwetschgennase. Am Gaumen rote Früchte mit viel Kraft und Eleganz. Betonte, aber sehr angenehme Säure. Ausgezeichnete Balance. Sehr schöner Wein.
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9/6/2011 - ralevine wrote: 90 Points
nice. Very good value
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8/25/2011 - kosmik wrote: 90 Points
Excellent. Si un reproche peut être fait, ce sera probablement au plan de la persistance en bouche, laquelle est moyenne au mieux, mais autrement excellent.
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7/24/2011 - kosmik wrote: 91 Points
Pas de notes détaillées. Superbe, à la fois plein et aérien, intense et délicat, tanins encore jeunes dans un registre souples à charnus, belle minéralité, longueur correcte, acidité rafraîchissante. De corps ample à gras. Re-bravo! 91+
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7/20/2011 - Le_Gaspesien wrote: 90 Points
Tellement jeune, des fruits à peines murs, de petit fruits rouges, Léger mais au tannins assez complexe, un vin qui gagne à vieillir !
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6/28/2011 - MindMuse wrote: 91 Points
Excellent Cru, though not knocking it out of the park like previous bottle. Then again this was one 3 oz. pour x 8 people, so no real chance to develop.
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6/27/2011 - CWilliam wrote:
Served chilled with grilled burgers & brats - given family dinner did not take real notes - with a little air, delicious, juicy wine - easy to drink but with the stuffing to handle food. Buy more - 91+
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5/25/2011 - Dale M wrote:
Decanted 1 hr. The nose for the first couple of hours was a tad off putting, all over ripe strawberry and a good dose of vanilla oak. Being somewhat concerned, I cautiously took my first sip, and to much relief, the palate is at once powerful yet full of grace; loads of primal Beaujolais fruit, spicy red fruits verging on juicy. Great texture that drizzles minerals on the palate, delayed note so my palate memory is little hazy, but this was certainly a quality wine. Oh, the nose mellowed quite nicely too.
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5/20/2011 - Bearbus wrote:
13%, nose of dark cherry, Moi says ballast - yep, soiled ballast, earth (but not humic), some minerality; the acid is a little high but the palate aclimatises, nice weight, lacking in astringency and flavour-burst on the palate for the juicy refreshment of great Bojo, but nevertheless very enjoyable. I am not convinced this needs time - I can't see it improving the deficiencies I see, but I could well be wrong (and hope I am),.
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5/14/2011 - drwine2001 wrote:
Further Assessment of 2009 Beaujolais; 5/13/2011-5/14/2011 (San Francisco Wine Trading Company and Beltramo's (Menlo Park)): Thrilling aromas of crushed rock and blackberry. Almost syrupy upfront but this given structure by substantial ripe tannins more than acid on the back end. Mouthcoating and great expansion and intensity in the mouth. Tighter than the Fleurie. This could be pretty profound down the road and is one of the wines that really begs for aging.
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5/14/2011 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 91 Points
The Wines of Domaine du Vissoux/Pierre-Marie Chermette (Weygandt Wines - Washington, D.C.): nose of spiced cherries. it smells just like one of those "autumn" candles they sell at bed bath and beyond or some place like that. gorgeous. the palate is a silky stream of fruit. gorgeous mouthfeel. tannins are grippy and there's a slice of minerality through the whole thing. showing very well right now, but will improve for years.
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5/8/2011 - greenblanket Likes this wine:
This may be a little tight yet but I sure don't think it's "closing down". Gorgeous aromatics and tremendous in the mouth. Now, is it " too big" or "atypical"? That depends on how skinny your pant legs are, I'm just sayin'.
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4/27/2011 - MindMuse wrote: 94 Points
Fifteen 2009 Cru Beaujolais (City Club of Buckhead): This was the last wine of 15, and although my notes became a little unglued, that's partly because this really took us out on a bang. Deep ruby. Bold and alluring nose and flavors of licorice, brown sugar, plums, truffles. Terrifically concentrated and vibrant wine. Just knockout good stuff. 93-95
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4/8/2011 - drwine2001 wrote:
Deep color. All blackberry fruit, first lean and licorice-infused, then gaining some green herbs as well. Stern to start with powerful acids but then fleshes out impressively to develop a liqueur-like aspect. Serious, backward and ageworthy.
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4/3/2011 - Anthony Lombardi wrote:
Pop and pour. Dark garnet- bordering on purple, this looked like beet juice. Great aromatics. Flowers everywhere, lavender, red fruit- mostly strawberry. Full bodied and a bit tightly wound on the palate, but bloomed with air in the glass. Some dark fruit, but mostly red berries with pomegranate and tart cherry. Balanced beautifully with searing acidity. Long, dramatic finish brings an involuntary grin to one's face. Certainly young and tannic, but this adds another dimension to this beautifully balanced bottle of wine.
Great stuff!
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3/22/2011 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine: 95 Points
Ah... this is stunning! It's too far removed for me to make an accurate mental comparison to the Garants. But they are easily the two best Bojos for 2009. It has a tart blueberry floral nose. Warm fresh soil and brown mineral. It has an amazing entry, tart purple fruit, not too ripe- like some other 2009's- mineral and flower come through also on the long juicy, delicious followthrough. The finish lingers... This is good wine, and highly recommended!
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3/21/2011 - d'Artagnan wrote: 90 Points
Les arômes au nez sont davantage sur le fruit noir (raisin frais et mûres) que rouge, avec aussi de la pêche mûre et une pointe végétale étonnante pour un vin tout à fait mûr, laissant une impression similaire à la rafle dans certains vins du Rhône sud ..
Un vin plein et rond, d'une belle fraicheur, avec de l'éclat et de la présence en bouche, des tanins discrets mais bien présents. Un vin sérieux, un peu moins charmeur que l'été dernier, qui semble se refermer un peu mais promet beaucoup d'ici 5 ans.
90+ pts
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3/14/2011 - BMG Wine wrote: 92 Points
Dark ruby to the rim. Tons going on in this wine. A little closed down and sadly I didn't give it enough time to change. Drank with good friends on the porch in great weather! Probably needs several years more age.
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3/1/2011 - AtoZ wrote: 91 Points
Lovely food wine. Too much acid without. Saline, rasberry. Great with fish.
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2/28/2011 - kscopela wrote: 92 Points
Loved this wine. Bright and light is what comes to mind. Raspberry on the nose. Very balanced throughout. Highly recommend all the '09 Beaujolais that I've tried so far.
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2/26/2011 - z_willus_d wrote: 94 Points
Saturated ruby-garnet color, semi-transparent in the glass. This was closed down on the nose out of the bottle, but after 2 hours in a wide rim Burgundy glass the minerals arrived in a fashion of crushed mountain berries and wildflower petals laid on top a stone slate table, the juice and serum diluted by a constant drizzle of rain. That dilution is a something of a drag on this bottle, as this bouquet really falls below the bar set by the Cru Vissoux extra-appellation sister bottlings. One gets the impression this is in the process of closing shop (for how many seasons?), as the very focused and concentrated boysenberry/raspberry fruit and savory soy and Hoisin and iron-rich beef jerky and BBQ flavors are all there to taste and feel (along with the crushed rocks), but they're muted by a silky sheen of something constricting in the wine, perhaps structural elements, though the acid and tannins don't stand out. The mouthfeel of this wine is crack amazing and will not be outdone by anything from this producer this vintage. A second glass pour had more to offer (less diffusion), on palate more so than bouquet. A hint of an carbonic effect was the only downside in that glass exchange. The concentrated fruit becomes tart and sappy near the finish. Lovely minerality all throughout. Here we have a wine profile doppelganger to well made, cold climate CA Pinot of the best I've had. So much concentration, complexity and life in these wines. 93 then 94+ points driven by the sheer quality this wine possesses when in the mouth.
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2/14/2011 - Roughl wrote:
Had this wine two times over the last 6 months: first time: impressive fruit driven beauj. with lots of extract and lots in reserve. Second time (two weeks ago): just lots in reserve. I concur with the previous note, this wine is shutting down. I will continue drinking part of my Lapierre 2009 stash, and forget about these for the next 3 years. I am confident that this will blossom by then.
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2/13/2011 - WineScoundrel wrote:
Thoroughly forgettable this evening. All systems are down. Do not disturb for 2-3 years.
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1/21/2011 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 90 Points
Intensely brightly colored. Brighter and more typical than most 2009s on the nose. Very impressive, luscious yet lithe aromas; some forest floor, ferns, cranberries, minerals. An awesome amalgam of smells. The palate is also quite bright and juicy... it hits my palate and I can feel my mouth begin to water. Tart on the palate, with nice soft acidity, pleasing soft fruits, and a little gritty in texture. Not quite as smooth texturally as many 2009s, but the flavors are very rich and complex.. one of the most diverse palates, as it evolved on the tongue as I keep it there for up to a minute... really fun. After a minute in the mouth (yeah I'm weird) it gets really bright and tart, kind of like sour gummy worms. The fruit is beautifully ripe without going overboard, remaining bright. The finish kicks with acidity and some tannins and it's really bright, with its tartness lingering for a minute. This began shutting down pretty quickly after opening. It's quite tannic on the finish. Definitely impressive structure. I look forward to watching its evolution, as I think this will be another long term ager.
I sipped on this open bottled for SEVEN days before it showed any signs of oxidation, and even now it's very slight. It was really only a 91 point wine for 15 minutes or so shortly after opening, then closing down fairly hard for the remainder of the time open. During the past 7 days it showed glimmers of opening back up, before being closed again the next day. As such, I'm putting the score at 90 points for current enjoyment. The future is quite bright here, though, and I'll probably put a few bottles away for 10+ years.
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1/1/2011 - kosmik wrote: 90 Points
13,5% d'alcool, 100% Gamay
Oeil : rubis-pourpre intense, forte viscosité en parois
Nez : projection d'intensité moyenne à forte, épicé, minéral, fruité sur la canneberge confite, le cassis et la cerise intense, touche florale, pointe végétale, boisé présent mais élégant, très bonne intensité, frais, invitant
Bouche : sec, ample, acidité rafraîchissante, tanins presque charnus et fins, astringence modérée, amertume modérée, frais, plutôt intense, superbe équilibre, charmeur, rétro sur la canneberge, la cerise, minérale et boisée, persistence moyenne
Conclusion : super beau Moulin-à-Vent, équilibré, à la fois charmeur et très droit, qui a gagné en intensité et en locacité avec l'aération sur 90 minutes environ. À boire sur 5 à 7 ans. Beaucoup de plaisir. 90-91+
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12/24/2010 - greenblanket Likes this wine:
Perhaps the best young red wine I tasted in 2010. It's got the same great texture and depth as the other cru Vissoux wines and brings perfectly pure red and black fruit fruit swirled with mineral and earth.
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12/20/2010 - cibreo wrote: 89 Points
Really delicious and easy to drink. Dense purple in the glass. Smells of dark plums, cherries, peaches, blueberries, with a slight smokiness in the background. Lovely mouthfeel, soft and velvety with enough acid to keep it fresh. Tannins present but not assertive. Paired with a dish of lightly smoked roast chicken with corn and red pepper fritters which probably would have worked better with a syrah or Rhone blend. Still, both were delicious, so I guess that means it worked.
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12/19/2010 - fitzi wrote:
Very high-quality Beajolais: unusual precision, complexity and restraint amid the characteristically generous fruit. Delightful structure, but tannic and acidic. Closes down somewhat shortly after opening, but should be a good long-haul wine. Eminently drinkable now, but a loss of value to do so considering its eventual potential.
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12/14/2010 - JN wrote: 85 Points
Bit of a dissapointment. I compered this to basic, cheap gamay, bought from nearby store, and this was no-where near 90-points. Tight and boring. Tried decanting and many different temperatures, but nothing special happened.
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12/4/2010 - salil wrote: 89 Points
Much richer and more primary than the Poncié; this is packed with rich red fruits with a little carbonic spritz. With time the fruit takes a step back as a savoury earthiness emerges alongside, but it's more notable right now for its very rich, velvety mouthfeel that makes it all too easy to drink rather than any real complexity. Though I'm sure that'll come with time, given the stuffing, structure and overall balance.
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11/27/2010 - d'Artagnan wrote: 90 Points
Croquant de fruit, délicieux encore une fois. Potentiel de garde certain.
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11/26/2010 - spacewrangler wrote: 94 Points
A stunning gamay, the soaring aromatics are of Grand Cru Burgundy quality - fresh picked blackberry/black raspberry, spice and mineral/earth notes. Wide open with a very weighty texture, it manages to be both serious and gulpable. A special wine.
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11/10/2010 - manonthemoon wrote: 90 Points
Notes from day 1.
Purple with magenta tinge.
Nose of red plum, a little wild strawberry, and some nice spice.
Palate of hot stone, red plum to red raspberry, a minerality.
The finish is long for a beaujolais, and there is a great balance and acidity to the palate.
Really solid wine, but will get better with a little bottle age.
A great example of a cru beaujolais.
My second time around with this bottling, consistant notes.
Hold or drink. 50+5+12+17+6
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10/15/2010 - rc@ughey Likes this wine: 92 Points
Another beauty. This is more open than the Fleurie Poncie, and as Keith said, the texture is marvelous. It has a quicksand quality where it slowly takes you in and envelops your taste buds as the wine gets progressively more intense and deeper on the palate. It's velvety and encompassing. Truly lovely. I find it hard to choose between this and the Poncie, which I found a bit more focused and spherical, but why choose when they're both so delicious--and such bargains.
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10/12/2010 - tooch wrote:
2009 Beaujolais (Dino, Washington DC): Relatively simple nose of juicy red fruits. Big, supple and relatively uncomplicated on the palate. Nice quaffing wine.
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10/5/2010 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 96 Points
Stunning. This is definitely a richer, more concentrated wine than the Fleurie-Poncie, with the fruit so densely saturating that the cedary streak that was so prominent in the Fleurie is here too but barely registers as a wisp. As concentrated as it is though, this doesn't cross into the red zone of a fat mouthfeel or any kind of sur-maturité; quite the contrary, it's hard to imagine something with more perfect, balanced, flawless ripeness than this. The mouthfeel is like a Vosne-Romanée grand cru (imagine something with the lavish stuffing of a Richebourg and the caressing, satiny texture of an RSV... um, yeah). The downside, if you can call it that, is that it is fairly weighty, serious stuff, not a guzzler by any means and a wine that will probably need bottle age to reveal its details. For now the flavor is primary and static enough that the last sip doesn't offer as much satisfaction as the first, and a good part of its appeal comes from its textural sophistication. But it makes me giddy with excitement imagining what this could turn into given the right amount of sideways time.
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8/1/2010 - dzitt wrote: 90 Points
Vin d'opacité moyenne. Le nez offre fruits rouges et épices. Simple mais charmeur. En bouche le fruit est pur, un beau côté épicé est présent tout comme une belle acidité qui rend l'ensemble bien frais et rafraichissant. Un peu de bois est perceptible, lui donnant une certaine profondeur. Beau rouge à boire l'été
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7/30/2010 - Villon wrote: 87 Points
Bien, sans plus. Mince et sans complexité.
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7/1/2010 - ludwigbpm wrote: 91 Points
Wow quel vin pour le prix! Gorgé de fruit, mais du sérieux avec une certaine minéralité et une finale bien tendue. Une pureté de fruit qu'on retrouve habituellement dans des vins vendus beaucoup plus cher. Je suis plus que néophyte en Beaujolais mais conquis par ce vin que je vais assurément encaver.
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6/28/2010 - d'Artagnan wrote: 91 Points
La robe est dense avec un coté presque mauve, une caractéristique fréquente chez les 2009 que j'ai eu la chance de croiser au récent salon.
Nez sur la pêche mûre, une fleur non identifiée et du fruit noir (cassis et bleuet)
Dense, frais, large et gorgé de fruit, rond et goûteux, la finale un peu acidulée montre une belle longueur. Un fruit d'une pureté magnifique qui ressemble beaucoup au 2005.
On aurait tendance à oublier qu'il s'agit d'un vin de garde avec un potentiel évident pour développer de la complexité aromatique et une minéralité, comme le 2005 commence à faire.
Le prix pratiqué est tel une rassurante berceuse, confirmant qu'il y a encore du vin superbe à prix tout à fait incroyable.
90-91+ pts
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