Brought to Au Courant from our cellar to celebrate our daughter’s 15th birthday. As far as I can tell, 2009 was the first commercially available vintage of Thibault’s foray into Moulin-a-Vent so this was fun to try since I’ve been a big fan of his work there.
Poured into a decanter about an hour prior to service. The 2009 VV pours a deep ruby/purple with a near opaque core; medium viscosity and some light staining of the tears. There were some signs of sediment but most had been decanted off. On the nose, the wine is…well…pretty wild with notes of horse blanket and there’s just a touch of varnish in there too. For me, it’s teetering on the edge of, “is this charming or is this overbearing”? However, since there was more there than just a cow pasture and I don’t get any gerbil cage, I’ll leave this in the “charming” camp but I digress…back to the notes from the nose. The wine is developing, with dark crunchy berries, dark cherries, sandalwood...some pepper, some leather and light notes of potting soil. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannins and medium+ acid. The first glass showed a touch of effervescence like there could have been a slight refermentation in the bottle. Confirming the notes from the nose though it seems cleaner on the palate with some granite minerals on the finish. Interesting, it’s almost like this was semi-carbonic but as far as I know, Thibault has been making these wines using the same methods as he does his GC wines in Nuits-Saint-Georges so I don’t know. And this is why I like this wine. It’s making me think...and it’s been enjoyable throughout the meal, working particularly well with our strip steak. Yum! A really fun wine for those that enjoy something a little more rustic. That being said, I know it wouldn’t have pleased everyone. There is plenty of gas left in the tank and while this drinks very well now, I would expect that this will continue to drink well through 2029 with ease.
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An interesting bottle, and shows as much of the style of the producer as the vintage and location. I don't mean this as a knock; it's unquestionably Thibault here and I think he always an interesting perspective. After an hour or so of air this was ready to go, with a decent amount of acid but also hella dense without being, I think, too heavy. It's plenty earthy but also smooth. J found it just this side of too funky; that mostly resolved with air and another day in the bottle. Ultimately I think it's a pretty neat balancing act, and while age isn't hurting it I don't feel this will really get much better either, and personally, I probably would have enjoyed this more a couple years ago.
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Look, I'm not brett intolerant. Hell, my favorite novel is The Sun Also Rises. This, however, is just pushing the limit. Brett bomb, but underneath I'd agree with the prior taster that this is WAY more pinot in nature than gamay. Interestingly, there seemed to be a trend around the time this wine was made whereby Burgundy producers bought land in Beaujolais crus and made Beaujolais in a truly Burgundy style. At first I thought it was interesting and bought a few, but I've since abandoned that type of project in favor of buying more from the traditionally great Beaujolais producers and new wave winemakers. That said, with climate change I'm buying a lot less Beaujolais overall, finding the region ill-suited to the hotter vintages. Ironically, the 2009s were derided as the progeny of a hot vintage when released but seem positively refreshing compared to 2015 or 2018. *Deep sigh*
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Lovely powerful MaV. Not your typical rel high acid, crunchy refreshing bojo. Powerful but beautifully balanced mid weight palate, lovely long palate - more burg in many ways in structure than traditional bojo. Will go another 5-10 years without any problem. Very impressive.
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Find the Pinot in the Gamay: An aroma full of garrigue. Dripping wet earth and less pronounced fruit. This also had the lowest fill level. Certainly aged faster than the others. Could mistaken this for a dark fruited Burgundy.
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Dark red colour in the glass but very light in flavour and body. Some notes of dark cherry and earth but not very distinct. Fairly clean finish. Easy to drink and would pair it with foods that don't have a strong flavour.
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Sweet cherry and dark berry fruit on the nose as well as spices, earth. On the palate soft tannins, ripe fruit, enough acidity. Good length but rather bitter finish. Drink or keep. 88-90
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Medium garnet with purple glints. Fizzy with PnP. Bitter finish. A little more drinkable after 30 minutes. Much better next day. I'll try again in 4-5 years.
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Last of the flight of MaVs, and perhaps the one that's in that sweet-spot (drinking-window). Giving off cherries and black-berries notes on the nose, with a bit of flowers and toast too. So balanced on the palate, with everything seemingly in the right place. Long and velvety, with some meat and blackcurrant notes on the palate. This is a serious wine that should merit and stand more bottle-ageing... Tough choice for WOTN between this and the Foillard...
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Hmm, this is markedly different from the previous bottle just over two years ago. Very spritzy, blind I'd take this as a sparkling Shiraz etc. A few Fourrier shakes and a double decant later this is merely petillant. Eventually calms down to show quite dark fruit and a tannic edge. Almost a little bitter. I wonder if this is quite right. May just be closing down, certainly less vibrant than previously. I'll come back tomorrow, but hopefully this is just a slightly off bottle, or maybe just going through a phase. Certainly not much fun. **. After 24hrs, unstoppered and out of the fridge this is a lot better. Quite plush and rich fruit, a fair dose of vanilla it does seem to have closed up cf a couple of years ago. ***/88
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Popped and poured, bottle #1 of a 12 bottle case. Served at room temperature (~18 C). Dark purple / violet color, noticeable sedimentation, and medium viscosity.
Somewhat muted nose, but maybe due to PnP. Medium-bodied mouthfeel, with nice mouth-coating sap. Rich fruit, predominantly blackcurrant and cassis. Seems somewhat closed but with the structure to age. Not typically gamay but still very tasty.
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Tastes more like a pinot than gamay with rich black cherry flavor accented by nutmeg, forest floor and a touch of funk. I was surprised by the med-full body and concentrated fruit but overall enjoyed this wine.
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2003 & 2005 Desvignes Javernières and a Burgundian Moulin-à-Vent: Very dark and brooding purplish red, lots of viscosity. In the nose, this is quite expressive with ripe cherry and blackberry notes, some wet pebbles and a bit of forêt noir tarte. Really expressive, jumping out of the glass. On the palate, this is velvety, quite rich, sun-drenched, but with enough grip not to seem too soft or too lush. This is much more Thibault Liger-Belair than Moulin-à-Vent, but this may change with 8 or more years of bottle age.
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purple-violet; somewhat reductive & bretty at first (just above cellar temp), became earthier & briery w/air; med/+ body; crunchy bramble fruits w/noticeable farm environs present; slightly astringent wood tannins around the gums, red & black currant acidity. my sense is this is in a closed phase & will give a rest for a year before the next one.
sherry-glazed white turnips w/roasted pimiento & slivered duck "ham"; summersweet corn on the cob w/tarragon butter; braised romano beans w/pancetta
8/19/2014 decanted 30 min. extra earthy, w/plum & currant sidenotes; med+ weight; deep, dark plummy fruit, no spritz, showing the darker side of gamay, w/notable oak; more resolved than a year ago, but still inclined to wait this one out. (89)
torn roast chicken w/fresh figs, sungold tomatoes, arugula & roma beans, shaved pecorino
4/02/2015 this was a fizzy one again. a vigorous shake only partially moderated the co2; like what's underneath, but find it distracting. (NR)
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Much better than the last bottle. Not woody this time. Touch of bret but not much, and otherwise quite pleasant. Still a bit atypical showing some dark licorice towards the finish that amps up towards what may be a bit of va. Regardless, I actually enjoyed it quite a bit.
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I am not quite sure what to make of this wine. It started with a disagreeable slight fizz, showed good depth of a Burgundian kind in the end, and was quite smooth and nice, yet seemed to lack some clear gamay character or just something to make me enthusiastic. It is probably just me.
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Much more Cote d'Or than Beaujolais. That doesn't change the fact, that this is well-made, balanced and downright delicious. Great upside potential too. Wonderful.
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With a little work, the spritz and lightness and disjointed character of this wine fades and it becomes Burgundian. Very pleasant, of village quality Burgundy.
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Quite impressive this MaV. Notes of blackcurrant jam, sweetened rhubarb, rose petals, game and white pepper mark this potent wine, which has great length and a tight acidic structure. Nice depth. Slightly high price just about right.
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Deep purpley red. Vibrant nose, zingy crushed dark red fruit. Ripe, rounded and plenty of bounce on the palate. Vibrant, youthful and joyous. Quite polished and sauve through the mid-palate to finish, almost too polished for a Cru Beaujolais, this is made in a serous style, but is it trying to be something from the Cote d'or? Very good though. ***1/2
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Profil très bourguignon, plus structuré et sérieux que le Descombes. Pas le plus charmeur, mais un vin construit pour la garde, avec un fruit pur et très concentré. Un vin quasi-opaque, étonnant.
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Great for a beaujolais? Nay, great for any red wine! I found it balanced, complex, and rich, with enough oak and extraction to satisfy the new world fans but enough Gamay typicity and structure to play with Francophiles. At $20, back up the truck!
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This kind of sucks right now. Its got a lot of wood, and can barely be distinguished as gamay, much less MAV. Okay, the round palate does say 2009 beaujolais, but the wood treatment is offensive. All I can say is that first, had I not known what it was I'd have probably guessed a CA pinot and not been disappointed if I was right. Second, there's a lot of material and time may work out in its favor. Revisit in five years.
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Interesting nose, some bramble, perhaps some brett. Tart tangy red fruit, good acidity, not much depth or finish. Pretty good, shows the strength of the vintage and terroir.
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Clear dark ruby red. Clean nose of cherry and spice. Dry, med acidity, smooth light tannin, nice body, black fruits and some chocolate on palate. Nice wine, did not expect it to me a gamay.
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Even, brilliantly clear ruby. Laid back aromatics of blackberry and anise. Admirable balance between round texture and strong acidity that does not poke through. Both black and red fruits, gentle woody base, and good soil tones. As opposed to one previous note writer, I don't think I would have picked this out as Gamay if I had tasted it blind; my thinking would have been a modern styled village wine from the the Cote de Nuits. Very, very good, and rounder than say Diochon.
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Tasted blind after a Chambolle Musigny, I immediately pegged this as Gamay, but I find it very hard to switch from Pinot Noir to said grape and write something meaningful about it. An approximation would be a medium-plus intense nose, which offers up quite distinctive notes of granite and some strawberries, but also a slightly reductive SO2-pinched edge. It’s lightly structured –medium-plus acidity and light tannins– has decent mid-palate depth and both an agreeable fruit-driven finish and overall character. It was indeed Moulin-a-Vent 2009 from Thibault Liger-Belair..... TN Mike de Lange
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Bright, grapey and primary nose. Creamy, rich, lively and very quaffable. Great balance and energy make this a very enjoyable Moulin-a-Vent for short term enjoyment.
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Served blind. The has the typical Beaujolais aromatic floral nose with fresh red berry fruits like strawberry. However, it offered more than the normal Beaujolais, more serious, and focusing with better complexity with green herb, sweet red fruits with creamy mineral and spices. The intense mid palate is well-balance with silky mouth feel, medium structure that need sometime to mellow down with refreshing acidity that provide good grip on the palate with vanilla, red cherry finish, with touch of heat. A very good Beaujolais! Those who has a perception of Beaujolais (Nouveau maybe?) is a diluted wine, should give this a try. Buy - Maybe.
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An Evening with Thibault Liger-Belair (Bistro du Vin): Served blind. Darker red with violet rims. Clearly very young. Good density of fruit, unlike the typical steoreotype of Beaujolais. Surprisingly this had decent depth. Smooth tannins and very enjoyable now.
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Bold and intense but impeccably balanced, this fits the profile of 09 cru Beaujolais. No notes because it was Thanksgiving dinner, but in the context of the vintage this is nice but not superlative. Very structured and serious, and this could reach greater heights with time.
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1/11/2024 - thesternowl wrote: 91 Points
Brought to Au Courant from our cellar to celebrate our daughter’s 15th birthday. As far as I can tell, 2009 was the first commercially available vintage of Thibault’s foray into Moulin-a-Vent so this was fun to try since I’ve been a big fan of his work there.
Poured into a decanter about an hour prior to service. The 2009 VV pours a deep ruby/purple with a near opaque core; medium viscosity and some light staining of the tears. There were some signs of sediment but most had been decanted off. On the nose, the wine is…well…pretty wild with notes of horse blanket and there’s just a touch of varnish in there too. For me, it’s teetering on the edge of, “is this charming or is this overbearing”? However, since there was more there than just a cow pasture and I don’t get any gerbil cage, I’ll leave this in the “charming” camp but I digress…back to the notes from the nose. The wine is developing, with dark crunchy berries, dark cherries, sandalwood...some pepper, some leather and light notes of potting soil. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannins and medium+ acid. The first glass showed a touch of effervescence like there could have been a slight refermentation in the bottle. Confirming the notes from the nose though it seems cleaner on the palate with some granite minerals on the finish. Interesting, it’s almost like this was semi-carbonic but as far as I know, Thibault has been making these wines using the same methods as he does his GC wines in Nuits-Saint-Georges so I don’t know. And this is why I like this wine. It’s making me think...and it’s been enjoyable throughout the meal, working particularly well with our strip steak. Yum! A really fun wine for those that enjoy something a little more rustic. That being said, I know it wouldn’t have pleased everyone. There is plenty of gas left in the tank and while this drinks very well now, I would expect that this will continue to drink well through 2029 with ease.
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10/3/2022 - gbanks wrote:
An interesting bottle, and shows as much of the style of the producer as the vintage and location. I don't mean this as a knock; it's unquestionably Thibault here and I think he always an interesting perspective. After an hour or so of air this was ready to go, with a decent amount of acid but also hella dense without being, I think, too heavy. It's plenty earthy but also smooth. J found it just this side of too funky; that mostly resolved with air and another day in the bottle. Ultimately I think it's a pretty neat balancing act, and while age isn't hurting it I don't feel this will really get much better either, and personally, I probably would have enjoyed this more a couple years ago.
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12/30/2021 - sleepyhaus wrote:
Look, I'm not brett intolerant. Hell, my favorite novel is The Sun Also Rises. This, however, is just pushing the limit. Brett bomb, but underneath I'd agree with the prior taster that this is WAY more pinot in nature than gamay. Interestingly, there seemed to be a trend around the time this wine was made whereby Burgundy producers bought land in Beaujolais crus and made Beaujolais in a truly Burgundy style. At first I thought it was interesting and bought a few, but I've since abandoned that type of project in favor of buying more from the traditionally great Beaujolais producers and new wave winemakers. That said, with climate change I'm buying a lot less Beaujolais overall, finding the region ill-suited to the hotter vintages. Ironically, the 2009s were derided as the progeny of a hot vintage when released but seem positively refreshing compared to 2015 or 2018. *Deep sigh*
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7/11/2021 - Pverd wrote: 91 Points
Lovely powerful MaV. Not your typical rel high acid, crunchy refreshing bojo. Powerful but beautifully balanced mid weight palate, lovely long palate - more burg in many ways in structure than traditional bojo. Will go another 5-10 years without any problem. Very impressive.
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2/16/2020 - WhatsSamSipping Likes this wine:
Find the Pinot in the Gamay: An aroma full of garrigue. Dripping wet earth and less pronounced fruit. This also had the lowest fill level. Certainly aged faster than the others. Could mistaken this for a dark fruited Burgundy.
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3/27/2019 - WhatsSamSipping Likes this wine:
Tightfisted and dark when you first open the bottle. This needs a long decanting.
Lots of evolving fruit flavors once it gets going. Swings from tart red fruits, silky dark fruit, all the way to black cherry cola.
Still fairly youthful after 10 years.
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1/21/2018 - MdeCarabas Likes this wine: 89 Points
Toast, greenhouse and forest floor on nose, very pleasant
Light mouth feel
Dark cherries and faint stewed fruits
Softly raspy tannins
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8/25/2017 - rbfoote wrote: 87 Points
Dark red colour in the glass but very light in flavour and body. Some notes of dark cherry and earth but not very distinct. Fairly clean finish. Easy to drink and would pair it with foods that don't have a strong flavour.
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9/4/2016 - rossi.wine wrote: 89 Points
Sweet cherry and dark berry fruit on the nose as well as spices, earth. On the palate soft tannins, ripe fruit, enough acidity. Good length but rather bitter finish. Drink or keep. 88-90
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4/24/2016 - maxmanx wrote:
Sort of glad these are now all gone along with the fizziness most of the bottles had.
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4/3/2016 - ArtF Does not like this wine: 84 Points
Medium garnet with purple glints. Fizzy with PnP. Bitter finish. A little more drinkable after 30 minutes. Much better next day. I'll try again in 4-5 years.
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11/21/2015 - maxmanx wrote: 92 Points
2 bottles were excellent- plenty of fruit and secondary flavors. But the third bottle was fizzy. Ignoring the fizzy, would give the 2 good ones a 92.
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2/13/2015 - etyc Likes this wine:
Last of the flight of MaVs, and perhaps the one that's in that sweet-spot (drinking-window). Giving off cherries and black-berries notes on the nose, with a bit of flowers and toast too. So balanced on the palate, with everything seemingly in the right place. Long and velvety, with some meat and blackcurrant notes on the palate. This is a serious wine that should merit and stand more bottle-ageing... Tough choice for WOTN between this and the Foillard...
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6/16/2014 - SimonG wrote: 83 Points
Hmm, this is markedly different from the previous bottle just over two years ago. Very spritzy, blind I'd take this as a sparkling Shiraz etc. A few Fourrier shakes and a double decant later this is merely petillant. Eventually calms down to show quite dark fruit and a tannic edge. Almost a little bitter. I wonder if this is quite right. May just be closing down, certainly less vibrant than previously. I'll come back tomorrow, but hopefully this is just a slightly off bottle, or maybe just going through a phase. Certainly not much fun. **. After 24hrs, unstoppered and out of the fridge this is a lot better. Quite plush and rich fruit, a fair dose of vanilla it does seem to have closed up cf a couple of years ago. ***/88
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1/25/2014 - jchua123 wrote: 90 Points
Popped and poured, bottle #1 of a 12 bottle case. Served at room temperature (~18 C). Dark purple / violet color, noticeable sedimentation, and medium viscosity.
Somewhat muted nose, but maybe due to PnP. Medium-bodied mouthfeel, with nice mouth-coating sap. Rich fruit, predominantly blackcurrant and cassis. Seems somewhat closed but with the structure to age. Not typically gamay but still very tasty.
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10/11/2013 - Surfdoc wrote: 91 Points
Tastes more like a pinot than gamay with rich black cherry flavor accented by nutmeg, forest floor and a touch of funk. I was surprised by the med-full body and concentrated fruit but overall enjoyed this wine.
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10/9/2013 - octopussy Likes this wine: 90 Points
2003 & 2005 Desvignes Javernières and a Burgundian Moulin-à-Vent: Very dark and brooding purplish red, lots of viscosity. In the nose, this is quite expressive with ripe cherry and blackberry notes, some wet pebbles and a bit of forêt noir tarte. Really expressive, jumping out of the glass. On the palate, this is velvety, quite rich, sun-drenched, but with enough grip not to seem too soft or too lush. This is much more Thibault Liger-Belair than Moulin-à-Vent, but this may change with 8 or more years of bottle age.
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9/21/2013 - soyhead wrote: 90 Points
Rich mouthfeel, plummy, with good length. Rich for Beaujolais. Almost semmed like it were a pinot.
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9/12/2013 - pigdaddy wrote: 88 Points
purple-violet; somewhat reductive & bretty at first (just above cellar temp), became earthier & briery w/air; med/+ body; crunchy bramble fruits w/noticeable farm environs present; slightly astringent wood tannins around the gums, red & black currant acidity. my sense is this is in a closed phase & will give a rest for a year before the next one.
sherry-glazed white turnips w/roasted pimiento & slivered duck "ham"; summersweet corn on the cob w/tarragon butter; braised romano beans w/pancetta
8/19/2014 decanted 30 min. extra earthy, w/plum & currant sidenotes; med+ weight; deep, dark plummy fruit, no spritz, showing the darker side of gamay, w/notable oak; more resolved than a year ago, but still inclined to wait this one out. (89)
torn roast chicken w/fresh figs, sungold tomatoes, arugula & roma beans, shaved pecorino
4/02/2015 this was a fizzy one again. a vigorous shake only partially moderated the co2; like what's underneath, but find it distracting. (NR)
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8/8/2013 - WDSteers wrote: 86 Points
dark, jammy but with tannin. Put off by some carbonation that blew off in an hour.
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7/2/2013 - Morten_Jorgensen wrote:
Great nose of black cherries and earthyness. Serve a bit chille 13-14 degrees - gains a very noticeable sweetness with higher temperature.
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4/17/2013 - rexmerlot Likes this wine: 89 Points
Same as prior note. Nice wine. Paired w stir fry and it was great
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8/30/2012 - sleepyhaus wrote:
Much better than the last bottle. Not woody this time. Touch of bret but not much, and otherwise quite pleasant. Still a bit atypical showing some dark licorice towards the finish that amps up towards what may be a bit of va. Regardless, I actually enjoyed it quite a bit.
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7/9/2012 - DK Amateur wrote:
I am not quite sure what to make of this wine. It started with a disagreeable slight fizz, showed good depth of a Burgundian kind in the end, and was quite smooth and nice, yet seemed to lack some clear gamay character or just something to make me enthusiastic. It is probably just me.
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5/22/2012 - Brnshj22 wrote: 91 Points
Much more Cote d'Or than Beaujolais. That doesn't change the fact, that this is well-made, balanced and downright delicious. Great upside potential too. Wonderful.
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5/21/2012 - WinoRick wrote: 89 Points
With a little work, the spritz and lightness and disjointed character of this wine fades and it becomes Burgundian. Very pleasant, of village quality Burgundy.
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5/1/2012 - kamp82 wrote: 91 Points
Quite impressive this MaV. Notes of blackcurrant jam, sweetened rhubarb, rose petals, game and white pepper mark this potent wine, which has great length and a tight acidic structure. Nice depth. Slightly high price just about right.
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4/12/2012 - SimonG wrote: 90 Points
Deep purpley red. Vibrant nose, zingy crushed dark red fruit. Ripe, rounded and plenty of bounce on the palate. Vibrant, youthful and joyous. Quite polished and sauve through the mid-palate to finish, almost too polished for a Cru Beaujolais, this is made in a serous style, but is it trying to be something from the Cote d'or? Very good though. ***1/2
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3/25/2012 - ludwigbpm wrote: 91 Points
Profil très bourguignon, plus structuré et sérieux que le Descombes. Pas le plus charmeur, mais un vin construit pour la garde, avec un fruit pur et très concentré. Un vin quasi-opaque, étonnant.
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12/7/2011 - mtaczak wrote: 92 Points
Great for a beaujolais? Nay, great for any red wine! I found it balanced, complex, and rich, with enough oak and extraction to satisfy the new world fans but enough Gamay typicity and structure to play with Francophiles. At $20, back up the truck!
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11/24/2011 - sleepyhaus wrote:
This kind of sucks right now. Its got a lot of wood, and can barely be distinguished as gamay, much less MAV. Okay, the round palate does say 2009 beaujolais, but the wood treatment is offensive. All I can say is that first, had I not known what it was I'd have probably guessed a CA pinot and not been disappointed if I was right. Second, there's a lot of material and time may work out in its favor. Revisit in five years.
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11/23/2011 - alr6767 wrote: 86 Points
Interesting nose, some bramble, perhaps some brett. Tart tangy red fruit, good acidity, not much depth or finish. Pretty good, shows the strength of the vintage and terroir.
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7/5/2011 - rexmerlot wrote: 89 Points
Clear dark ruby red. Clean nose of cherry and spice. Dry, med acidity, smooth light tannin, nice body, black fruits and some chocolate on palate. Nice wine, did not expect it to me a gamay.
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5/13/2011 - drwine2001 wrote:
Further Assessment of 2009 Beaujolais; 5/13/2011-5/14/2011 (San Francisco Wine Trading Company and Beltramo's (Menlo Park)): Wood dominated nose. Medium weight, deeply pitched red fruit. Rich but diffuse and atypical with deficient acidity. Very atypical and underwhelming.
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2/8/2011 - drwine2001 wrote:
Even, brilliantly clear ruby. Laid back aromatics of blackberry and anise. Admirable balance between round texture and strong acidity that does not poke through. Both black and red fruits, gentle woody base, and good soil tones. As opposed to one previous note writer, I don't think I would have picked this out as Gamay if I had tasted it blind; my thinking would have been a modern styled village wine from the the Cote de Nuits. Very, very good, and rounder than say Diochon.
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2/3/2011 - Barry Rothof wrote:
Tasted blind after a Chambolle Musigny, I immediately pegged this as Gamay, but I find it very hard to switch from Pinot Noir to said grape and write something meaningful about it. An approximation would be a medium-plus intense nose, which offers up quite distinctive notes of granite and some strawberries, but also a slightly reductive SO2-pinched edge. It’s lightly structured –medium-plus acidity and light tannins– has decent mid-palate depth and both an agreeable fruit-driven finish and overall character. It was indeed Moulin-a-Vent 2009 from Thibault Liger-Belair..... TN Mike de Lange
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1/13/2011 - llink wrote:
Bright, grapey and primary nose. Creamy, rich, lively and very quaffable. Great balance and energy make this a very enjoyable Moulin-a-Vent for short term enjoyment.
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1/9/2011 - Philippe_C wrote: 88 Points
Nose of banana, choux rouge, green peperonis... black fruit, very fresh, good acidity
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11/29/2010 - Sleepy Dave wrote:
Served blind. The has the typical Beaujolais aromatic floral nose with fresh red berry fruits like strawberry. However, it offered more than the normal Beaujolais, more serious, and focusing with better complexity with green herb, sweet red fruits with creamy mineral and spices. The intense mid palate is well-balance with silky mouth feel, medium structure that need sometime to mellow down with refreshing acidity that provide good grip on the palate with vanilla, red cherry finish, with touch of heat. A very good Beaujolais! Those who has a perception of Beaujolais (Nouveau maybe?) is a diluted wine, should give this a try. Buy - Maybe.
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11/29/2010 - Dbrane wrote: 85 Points
An Evening with Thibault Liger-Belair (Bistro du Vin): Served blind. Darker red with violet rims. Clearly very young. Good density of fruit, unlike the typical steoreotype of Beaujolais. Surprisingly this had decent depth. Smooth tannins and very enjoyable now.
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11/28/2010 - rc@ughey wrote: 89 Points
Bold and intense but impeccably balanced, this fits the profile of 09 cru Beaujolais. No notes because it was Thanksgiving dinner, but in the context of the vintage this is nice but not superlative. Very structured and serious, and this could reach greater heights with time.
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