{"id":21080,"date":"2018-07-15T13:26:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T13:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=21080"},"modified":"2018-07-15T13:26:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T13:26:25","slug":"a-mini-tasting-of-five-gamays-from-beaujolais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/beaujolais\/a-mini-tasting-of-five-gamays-from-beaujolais","title":{"rendered":"A mini tasting of five Gamays from Beaujolais"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m hanging with a group on the lake in Muskoka, Ontario for a few days. Celebrated Canadian winemaker Thomas Bachelder is one of the party and he brought some Beaujolais for us to taste and discuss: he’s taking an interest in Gamay, so he wanted to look at different expressions of the grape. We tried five wines, and also a magnum version of one of the five. These are my notes.<\/p>\n

Domaine du Pavillon de Chavannes C\u00f4te de Brouilly Cuv\u00e9e des Ambassades 2016 Beaujolais, France <\/strong>
\n12.5% alcohol. This is made from the best 12 hectares from a 27 hectare estate. This is very bright and fruity with lovely supple, fresh red cherry and raspberry fruit. Very linear and pretty in a direct, fruity style. 88\/100<\/p>\n

Clos de la Roilette Cuv\u00e9e Tardive Fleurie 2016 Beaujolais, France (bottle)<\/strong>
\nThis is concentrated and has a lovely fine-grained mineral drive under the sweet, lush, finely spiced fruit. Has a very sweet, seamless fruity character. This is really lovely: it has freshness but it flirts with over-ripeness and gets away with it well. Hints of cured meat and fine spiciness. Compelling. 92\/100<\/p>\n

Clos de la Roilette Cuv\u00e9e Tardive Fleurie 2016 (magnum)<\/strong>
\nThis is a bit tighter than the bottle with sweet cherries and raspberried and a bit of savoury grip. Nice weight here: it’s a little tighter. 92\/100<\/p>\n

Pascal Aufranc Ch\u00e9nas En R\u00e9mont Vignes de 1939 2016 Beaujolais, France <\/strong>
\nThis has a lovely sweet, open red cherry fruit with some meatiness and a nice green sappy edge. I like the floral fruit and the pretty character, with a nice fine-grained structure. Has a bit of whole-bunch character. 90\/100<\/p>\n

Foillard Morgon 2016 Beaujolais, France <\/strong>
\nThere’s a nice density and crunch here with lovely sweet raspberry and black cherry fruit. This has purity and precision with a slight sappiness. Really focused and fresh with lovely fruit and some good structure. A lovely wine with real precision and depth. 94\/100<\/p>\n

Maurice et S\u00e9bastien Besson Morgon Vielles Vignes 2014 Beaujolais, France<\/strong>
\nThis got 97 points and platinum from Decanter World Wine Awards. I have no idea how. Grainy and grippy with some sweet cherry and plum fruit. Quite structured and made in a Pinot style. But it’s slightly oxidative with an appley edge to the sweet fruit. 88\/100<\/p>\n

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