2014 Georges Dubœuf Juliénas Château des Capitans

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 94 points

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  8/20/2021 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Retail $25. 100% Gamay. I was in Austin with the family at a restaurant downtown. I ordered a bottle of Jermann Where Dreams Chardonnay from the Venezia-Giulia region in Italy, and the server, who was the only one working with about 50 diners in the place, was overwhelmed. I saw her scurrying around the restaurant, looking for our wine, which was fruitless. I offered to step in. She acquiesced. I scoured the place but never found the great white whale, er Chard. I did find this bottle of Juliénas, however. The aforementioned waitron told me that the wine was not in the system and asked me how much the wine cost retail--she would then just add 40% as our cost (that's $35 for the math-challenged). Holy cow. Owned and produced by Georges DuBœuf, this wine is consistently my favorite Juliénas if not my favorite wine from the entire region of Beaujolais. While 2014 was no 2015 (often called the "vintage of the century"), this was still stellar. Rich dark red fruit (slightly stewed, but ever-so-slightly), black pepper, and just a hint of green pepper. Whoa. The palate is just gorgeous. Rich fruit, great acidity, plenty of verve. Lovely. Outstanding. 94 Points.
  
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  2/24/2021 - Tpety wrote:

  In a nice drinking window- soft tannins and an easy drinker with roasted port tenderloin. Would buy again. 3 of 3 bottles consumed.

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