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| LES PIERREUX BROUILLY 2018 Sustainable, AC |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
DOMAINE D'ARGENSON |
| While dining with Julia Child many years ago, I asked her what is the best wine to go with her Coq au Vin recipe. She replied that a good Brouilly was to die for. Here it is! This deep purple-red coloured 100% Gamay from the excellent 2018 has a fragrant, lively, ripe, cherry-cassis-raspberry nose. Dry, medium-plus bodied, well structured, ripe, black-currant-tinged, Damson plum fruit followed up by a lingering, bright, harmonious finish. The secret: handpicked grapes from 50-year-old vines with a 14-day whole grape semi-carbonic maceration in concrete and steel tanks followed up light filtration and no fining. An astonishing find - a versatile, ready-to-drink bargain. It has 13.4% alcohol, 3.4 g/L residual sugar and a hefty, lifesaving 7.3 g/L total acidity. Instead of Nouveau on Thursday November 16 toast La Grande Dame of French Cooking with this great Brouilly. |
CSPC |
29970 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
AMV Whi |
| Country |
France |
| Region |
Beaujolais |
| Rating |
***(92 points)
Fragrant, Ripe, Lively |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy |
| TASTING NOTE: A fragrant and joyful Brouilly that has wonderful vivacity and light-footedness for this exceptionally warm vintage. Such a crisp and youthful finish with so much stony minerality! Drink or hold. Score - 93 (jamessuckling.com, April 12, 2022) |
Price |
$ 22.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - October 21, 2023 |
| Cases bought |
500 (12 bottles per case) |
Check LCBO Availability |
Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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