Domaine Jules Desjourneys Moulin-a-Vent Les Michelons 2010
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James
Suckling
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Vintage
2010
Size
750ML
ABV
12.7%
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
When most recently tasted last December, the Desjourneys 2010 Moulin-a-Vent Les Michelons Vieilles Vignes outdid the already high expectations I expressed in Issue 196, but I leave it to readers to consult my previous review for additional sensory details. I’ll confine myself now to the observation that stoniness and peat-like smokiness have strikingly added to the complexity on display here, the latter to the point where you can imagine a bit of malt whiskey (without its alcohol) having been mingled with the seamlessly ripe, yet freshly concentrated dark berry and plum fruit. Plan to follow this at least through 2020.
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James Suckling
Earthy, spicy and decadent with flint and spice to the ripe dark fruits. Smoky. Full-bodied. Very layered and powerful. Turns to stone, granite, and graphite. Great length.
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Fabien Duperray has been distributing some of the finest estates of burgundy in France for over 25 years, but until 2007 he had no vineyards
of his own. He finally had the opportunity to acquire some small parcels of very old vines in Fleurie and Moulin-a-Vent in some truly special
terroirs, and the results are nothing short of stunning. Fabien tends to every detail in the process with excrutiating precision. From his
biodynamically farmed vines, to the hand pulling of weeds, the custom made barrels, the long elevage of 3 years, right down to the finest
corks one can buy, the quality here at every turn is more akin to the most famous estates in the Cote d'Or. The wines are very limited but
once tasted, you will understand what led David Schildknecht to write upon tasting the Desjourneys wines for the first time " The big story
is some of the most remarkable Beaujolais wines of my experience, and perhaps ever rendered."
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