Nose is very complex, with a sweet musky component, cinnamon, ripe cherry, and cracked stones. Opens in a surprisingly lean fashion that initially shows little fruit but then transitions to pure cherry fruit and clean stony notes as the long finish progresses. Light bodied and with crisp acids. Very distinctive style.
UPDATE: Night 2: more traditionally Beaujolais-like on the nose, with the sweet muskiness receding and intensely granitic minerality and tart cherries in the fore. In the mouth, the pungency of the tart cherry fruit is almost SweeTart-candy-like. Mouth-watering acids in the long finish. Upping it from a 9.0 to a 9.2. — 10 years ago




Light, spicy red paired with turkey — 11 years ago
Started out so cherry delicious but suddenly fell apart ...have to give it another try because it was so lovely first out of the bottle. Lou's Wine winter 2015 — 12 years ago
Encore jeune — 10 years ago
31 January 2017. Rouge Tomate, New York, NY. — 10 years ago
Gang of Four son. Started his own thing at 22. He knows how to treat Gamay. Looking forward to growing old with these. — 11 years ago
Terrific acid, bright red fruit, the perfect follow in to an epic Bordeaux tasting last night. — 12 years ago
Joe Weinberger
Forgot I had this but it was still alive and kickin! Shows what happens when an excellent producer makes a Nouveau--this is serious stuff. — 9 years ago