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Domaine des Gaudets Côte du Py Morgon 2015

Domaine des Gaudets Côte du Py Morgon 2015

From 65-year-old vines grown in schist, the 2015 Domaine de Gaudets Côte du Py Moron is richly brocaded in blackberries, plums, earth, iron ore, cigar box, red licorice, and violets. In the mouth, firm tannins at the fore-to-mid palate lend structure to a dark mineral core. High acidity amplifies this wine’s attractive juiciness—crushed stones and […]

Château Grange Cochard Morgon ‘Côte du Py’ 2013

Château Grange Cochard Morgon 'Côte du Py' 2013

A delicious Cru Beaujolais, the 2013 Château Grange Cochard Morgon ‘Côte du Py’ is crafted from sustainably-farmed vines grown in granitic schist soil. It opens with brooding aromas of loamy tilth, freshly turned soil, and underbrush that gives way, perhaps grudgingly to red and black berries, dried orange peel, and a whiff of black tea. Darker tones […]

Domaine de Roche-Guillon Fleurie 2014

Domaine de Roche-Guillon Fleurie

Crushed raspberries, pie cherries, cranberries, and underbrush waft from the glass. Beguiling secondary notes of dried violets, lilacs and potting soil lend perfumy complexity. It’s a light, nimble Gamay—classic Fleurie—with lifted red fruit tightly wound round a mineral vein of iron ore followed by loamy soil, and bay leaf. 13.0% ABV Domaine de Roche-Guillon 8.8 […]

Laurent Perrachon Juliénas Les Vignes Centenaires 2015

Laurent Perrachon Juliénas Les Vignes Centenaires

A bright, angular wine with an acid core that serves as the fulcrum around which other aspects of this wine flows. The 2015 Laurent Perrachon Juliénas Vieilles Vigne Centenaires displays slightly chewy tannins encasing bright cranberries and rose hips that merge with crushed watercress and chervil followed by stratified, rock strewn soil. 13.0% ABV | […]

Besson Franck Beaujolais Rose Granit Méthode Traditionnelle 2011

Besson Franck Beaujolais Rose Granit Méthode Traditionnelle 2011

Sourced from 100% 45-year-old Gamay Black vines grown in granitic sand, hence the name, this unique sparkling rosé walks a very fine line between funk and fruit. Ripe strawberries and plump market raspberries are unarthed, once a gets past damp spring soil, that walk through the barn in sodden boots (and yes, I had a […]

Jules Desjourneys Moulin-à-Vent 2009

Jules Desjourneys Moulin-à-Vent 2009

It’s hard to believe the Jules Desjourneys 2009 is a Beaujolais, such is the concentration and depth of this stunning Moulin À Vent. The fruit is not so unusual, a generous dollop of wild strawberries and pie cherries, but then it veers sharply off the sunlit path, into a thicket of scrub and undergrowth, wet […]

CHRISTINE HAVENS
McMinnville, OR

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