Cuvée Spéciale Juliénas Gamay

This vintage is truly exceptional. Very Burgundian in character with firm tannins and mineral tension. Lovely crunchy red fruit, licorice, violets and crushed rocks. Superb balance and complexity with a seductive nose. This undoubtedly will age for 10 years or more. For the sake of comparison, I find this to be easily as complex as any village level Bourgogne I’ve had, but at about one third the price point. You’d be a fool to ignore that equation! This is the real deal, people. Pascal Granger is making some of the most honest and pure terroir-expressive wines in all of France.

Clear, medium concentration, ruby color, secondary colors of light ruby and clear water, medium extract and staining, red fruit, violets, forest floor, wet granite. Palate of black and red cherry, watermelon, black tea, mulch, purple flowers, forest floor and compost, medium tannins, medium plus acid, medium alcohol, medium body.

Very smooth Beaujolais, medium body, balanced acid and tannin, at The Butcher Shop in the South End, Boston

M had this 7 years ago