Mâcon and Beaujolais
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173 Mâcon-Pierreclos AC 2010
Domaine Marc Jambon et FilsGrape:100% Chardonnay (13% alc.)
Succulent chardonnay fruit, good balance, and a slightly salty, chalky aftertaste define this excellent value wine. For drinking now to 2012.
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174 Mâcon-Chardonnay AC 2009
Pascal PaugetGrape:100% Chardonnay (13% alc.)
This comes from 15 year old vines on a stony, east facing limestone slope, located in the village of Chardonnay. It is an outstanding example of Mâcon. Very pure with a salty waft of limestone on the nose, it shows ripe citrus fruits on the attack and finish, beautifully relieved by a teasing acidity. For drinking now to 2012.
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175 Pouilly-Fuissé AC 2010 La Roche
Gilles MoratGrape:100% Chardonnay (13% alc.)
The best Pouilly-Fuissé have a density of fruit, distinct limestone mineral flavours, yet retain a balance and freshness. This wine, from a top half hectare vineyard on the dramatically sited Roche de Vergisson, epitomizes these qualities with its rich, complex fruit and vibrant mineral tension. Oak is discreet and very well handled. For drinking now to 2015.
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176 Juliénas AC 2007
Bernard BroyerGrape:100% Gamay (13% alc.)
Bernard Broyer uses old vines (up to 75 years old) low yields, a long maceration, minimal levels of sulphur and ages his Juliénas in large old foudres to allow the wine to breathe. It is rich with depth of fruit and a little tannin. For drinking now to 2011.
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177 Chiroubles AC 2010
Daniel BoulandGrape:100% Gamay (13.5% alc.)
Daniel Bouland’s Chiroubles comes from a 0.65 hectare vineyard, 30 year old vines and a yellow sandstone, very light in composition. The vines face north-east, useful in an exceptionally ripe fruit-intense vintage such as 2009. The flamboyant dark cherry and raspberry fruit put one in mind of an excellent Dolcetto d’Alba from Piemonte. For drinking now to 2013.
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178 Côte-de-Brouilly AC 2009
Daniel BoulandGrape:100% Gamay (13.5% alc.)
This comes from 70 year old vines in a schist and granite derived soil on the southern slope of Mont Brouilly. Aged in old oak foudres, it has rich spicy fruit with a marked stony flavour on the finish. For drinking now to 2012.
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179 Morgon AC 2009 Corcelette
Daniel BoulandGrape:100% Gamay (13.5% alc.)
This comes from 45 year old vines planted in decomposed schists on low yielding quality rootstock called Vialla. Using natural yeasts and low yields together with foudre ageing, this has dense red fruits, good structure with an irony, stony rasp from schist on the finish. For drinking 2013 to 2019.
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*New* 180 Morgon AC 2009 Vieilles Vignes
Daniel BoulandGrape:100% Gamay (13.5% alc.)
This comes from a one hectare plot of vines planted in 1926. Yields here are naturally small and from the exceptional vintage of 2009, in which the natural fructose content of the grapes was super concentrated, the results are off the scale. In a wine as good as this which has an iron core running through, there is a distinct comparison with a top Northern Rhône red. The fruits offer ripe blackberry, mulberry, tobacco and spice and the savoury old vine tannins add real structure. It has an exceptionally long finish. 93 points Robert Parker. For drinking 2014 to 2024+.
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181 Morgon AC 2010
Marcel Lapierre (see NEWS)Grape:100% Gamay (13% alc.)
This is the first vintage made by Mathieu following the death of his father last year. He is a very talented winemaker, and is aiming at a little more finesse in his wines. For drinking now to 2016.
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182 Morgon AC 2007
Domaine J. ChamonardGrape:100% Gamay (12.5% alc.)
Jean-Claude Chanudet’s Morgon comes from three hectares of 60 year old vines dispersed across the best slopes of the appellation (all planted on the low yielding Vialla rootstock) on sand, schist and granite soils. The 2007 has succulent, at ease fruit with fine grained tannins and stony minerality which gives the wine a wonderful finish. For drinking now to 2014+.
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183 Fleurie AC 2008 La Madone
Gilbert ChanudetGrape:100% Gamay (12% alc.)
La Madone, the most famous plot in Fleurie, and at 430m the highest of the appellation, offers a soil of pale pink decomposed granite, on a granite bedrock. Chanudet produces the most elegant expression possible: a gentle colour, violet note on the nose, a wonderfully supple texture, soft red and black fruits backed by a finely chiseled mineral impression on the finish. For drinking now to 2014.
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