2014  Domaine des Vignes du Tremblay

Domaine des Vignes du Tremblay - "The Cru Beaujolais of Moulin-à-Vent inherited its name from the stoic windmill that has overlooked these vineyards since the 15th century. In the same silent, consistent manner, Paul Janin and his family have tended their Gamay vines for generations. Paul's son, Eric, is very much a product of this place; he is a fourth-generation grower, overseeing the fruit from its inception in the vineyard to its final resting place in the bottle. The grapes are farmed using lutte raisonnee methods, and the flaky, pink granite soil produces structured, powerful wines that gain even more character as they age. Bright, firm and earthy, they are reminiscent of the great terroirs of the Côte de Nuit. The Janins' traditional wines have proved to be as steadfast as the Moulin-à-Vent itself."

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2017  Côtes de Provence Sainte-Victoire

In the same foothills of Mont Sainte Victoire in which Paul Cézanne lived and found inspiration, the Sumeire family has thrived since the thirteenth century. This magical place is shielded from northern winds, with abundant sunshine and chalky soil regulating temperatures and helping to create a unique microclimate. The Sumeires added Château Maupague to their collection of properties in 1991, with a goal of creating a classic rosé on par with the finest of the region, light in color, fresh, aromatic and dry. Château Maupague is a blend of 70% Grenache, 25% Cinsault and 5% Syrah. Rosé's with a majority of Grenache are rare for the region and result in a much more complex wine that transcends the appellation. Both the Cuvée Cabaret from the younger vines on the estate and the Cuvée Sainte Victoire from the older vines offer amazing value and remarkably high quality, while beautifully representing the best of Provence. -- Composed of scree and clay-sandstone from the Late Cretaceous period, with colluvial deposits from the surrounding hills. Located at the foot of the Sainte Victoire Mountain, in the village of Trets, just outside of Aix-en-Provence. Yield of 45 hectoliters per hectare. Average age of vines: 20 years. Grapes are hand harvested, destemmed, undergo skin maceration and light penumatic pressing. The wine is then vinified in temperature-controlled vats.

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2014  

Predominantly made from Shiraz grapes (PT23 1654) grown on our estate vineyard in Murrumbateman with a small amount of fruit from Long Rail Gully and Quarry Hill vineyards. Soil is decomposing granite. The fruit was handpicked and de-stemmed into small 2 tonne open fermenters. Fermentation took approximately 2 weeks with gentle hand plunging twice daily. Following fermentation the wine was drained to old 500 litre French oak puncheons (20% new) for 15 months of maturation. 400 cases made.

2015  Terrasses du Larzac Les Gravettes

Terrasses du Larzac Les Gravettes - Syrah, Cinsault, and Grenache Red wine for laying down, spring or summer 55% Grenache, 30% Cinsault, 15% Syrah 15 months of aging in demi-muids, barrels and concrete eggs. FOOD & WINE PAIRINGS Duck à l'orange, lamb tagine, creamy cheeses, strawberry panacotta

2020  Moulin-A-Vent

Moulin-A-Vent

2020  

"Lapierre's 2020 Morgon offers up aromas of plummy fruit and raspberries mingled with hints of petals and spices. Medium-bodied, satiny and enveloping, its succulent core of fruit is framed by melting tannins and mouthwatering acids. This thirst-quenching, fruit-driven Morgon is one of the purest, most precise young wines I've tasted from this address in recent years." - Wine Advocate

2019  From Consultant Winemaker Guillaume Rouget

*From Consultant Winemaker Guillaume Rouget* 15,040 bottles of single-varietal Gamay from Régnié produced in 2019 from 40yr old vines ---- The Régnié plots with granite soil, combined with the smoothness of the 2019 vintage, reveal a fruity wine with spicy and floral notes. The flavours are chocolate, black fruit, Morello cherry, with a hint of kirch. This 2019 Régnié is a welcoming and sharing wine, a wine of character and ready to drink.

2019  Jean-Paul Thevenet

2019  Beaumont

Beaumont ---- "From Gamay vines planted in 1978 in the coolest of the domaine's red wine parcels, the 2019 Mâcon-Cruzille Beaumont exhibits notions of red berries, warm spices, smoke, raw cocoa and orange rind. Medium to full-bodied, lively and concentrated, it's deep and sapid, with powdery tannins and a long, floral finish. It was vinified without any destemming. As I wrote of its 2018 counterpart, this is a serious, inherently structured wine, so readers shouldn't be misled by the modest appellation into drinking it too soon: four or five years' bottle age will be richly rewarded." - 92+pts WA ---- "It took me time, I confess, to understand the wines of Domaine Guillot-Broux. These are tightly wound, concentrated whites, framed by chalky dry extract from low yields and intelligent pressing, and they take their time to evolve in the cellar. That's a far cry from the stereotype of the northern Mâconnais - honeyed, facile, giving - but when you visit the vineyards, you understand. Rocky, sloping, enclosed sites at the forest's edge - some recently recovered from its encroachments - are planted with old vines of Chardonnay, Gamay and Pinot Noir, and they've never seen chemical farming. Of course, opening old bottles also helps make sense of these wines: complex, mineral and sapid, it's clear that 20 years is the minimum rather than the maximum at this address. But the rewards of patience, as so often, are considerable; and when you get to know them, it's hard to argue that these number among the region's finest exemplars. As I've written before, Emmanuel Guillot's grapes are harvested by hand, with the whites pressed to barrel directly and the reds fermented in small tanks, often with more than a little whole-cluster inclusion. With the 2019 vintage, taking advantage of market dislocation occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, Guillot opted to extend élevage: so most of his whites, having spent a year in barrel, saw an additional six months in tank. Whether or not it's the inherent quality of the vintage, or the fact that those additional six months really seem to help these structured wines flesh out and unwind, the 2019s are the most impressive young wines I've tasted to date at this address, and everything reviewed here comes warmly recommended." - William Kelley, Wine Advocate

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"**Two Stars** Deeply fruited, generously oaked and well-focused on varietal spice, the latest HDV bottling gets right to the richness that is inherent in the grape without making any sacrifice to excessive ripeness. It is big but supple and polished in feel, and it shows plentiful extract, yet its sense of refinement remains all the way to the end, its tannins notwithstanding. So neatly crafted, in fact, that it can be enjoyed soon with a juicy rack of lamb, it is a quite ageworthy wine with a future that is at least as attractive as its wholly compelling present. It need not be drunk any time soon." - 92pts Connoisseurs Guide (Tasted 11/2006)