2020 Domaine Labet Poulsard En Billat

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  3/8/2023 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  100% organically farmed Poulsard from two parcels in En Billat cru, the older one - the oldest vineyards owned by Labet - planted in 1895 (0,13 ha) and the one named Le Pré du Bief planted in 1988 (0,31 ha), harvested on 4th of September, 2020. All fruit destemmed, but not crushed. Fermented spontaneously. Aged in old 228-liter Burgundy pièces. Bottled withoun any SO2 on 28th of April, 20221. 13,8% alcohol, 3,5 g/l acidity, 0,94 g/l VA and pH 3,62.
  
  Beautifully luminous, youthful and quite pale ruby color. The nose feels clean, fragrant and quite sweet-toned with heady aromas of ripe raspberries, some sweet black cherries, light nutmeg tones, a little bit of perfumed floral character, a hint of cloves, a touch of cranberry sauce and a whiff of toasted peppercorns. The wine is ripe, juicy and sweetly-fruited on the palate with a light body and quite crunchy flavors of black raspberries and juicy cherries, some brambly blackberry tones, a little bit of saline minerality, light spicy nuances, a hint of acetic VA and a touch of fragrant floral character. The structure relies entirely on the high acidity as there are no tannins to speak of. The finish is long, dry and crunchy with a quite acid-driven yet slightly sweet-toned aftertaste of redcurrants and ripe cherries, some saline mineral tones, a little bit of nutmeg, light brambly notes of raspberries, lifted hints of perfumed floral character and acetic VA and a touch of tart lingonberry.
  
  A very lovely, fresh, tasty and pretty clean naturalist Poulsard with a wonderfully fragrant and perfumed overall character. Apart from the subtly elevated levels of VA, you really couldn't notice this was a natural wine - there are no weird funky tones, the appearance of the wine is crystal-clear and the emphasis is on the pure and beautifully expressive Poulsard fruit. Lovely stuff - it's hard to say if this wine is capable of aging / improving from here, but at least the wine is drinking mighty well right now. Yet still, I can't help but think the wine is still somewhat too pricey for its quality at 65-70€.

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