FLEURIE
2022 Clos de La Roilette
| Grapes | Gamay |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Beaujolais |
| Sub-district | Beaujolais Villages |
| Village | Fleurie |
| ABV | 13.5% |
The 2022 Fleurie, rooted in clay and manganese-rich soil that's more typical of Moulin-à-Vent, is always unique for the appellation, but especially so in 2022 with its ripe, succulent, smoke-tinged palate. Offering up a bouquet of red and black currants intermingled with stewed blackberries, violets, aniseed, cloves and a subtle hint of charcoal-grilled meats, it's sappy and concentrated, with a full-bodied palate built around abundant, fine-grained tannins. Though undeniably supple and alluring in its current state, the wine only promises further levels of depth with time. Drinking range: 2025 - 2038 Rating: 93-94 Kenna Wells, The Wine Advocate (May 2024)
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A really rich dense black with a purple rim. This has developed more intensity than I remember. Magical if muscular but not over rich and with absolute purity as well as density. Real Fleurie pokes its head out at the back. Drink from 2026-2032. Tasted: February 2024 Drinking range: 2026 - 2032 Rating: **** Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy (Feb 2024)
Clos de La Roilette
From a famous little corner of Fleurie, but ironically the word 'Fleurie' does not dominate their iconic yellow labels, this is because the domaine was created before the Fleurie Appellation existed and the label still retains the original, classic design! In fact up until 1926 the vineyard owners felt they were in Moulin a Vent and were a little disappointed to be put in to the 'new-fangled' Fleurie appellation, The soils here are an unusual mix of manganese and clay, this gives wines with more structure and power than most Fleuries. This wine is named after a favourite racehorse 'La Roilette' owned by a previous owner of the farm in the early 1900s. This is why the unchanged label from the 1920s carries the silhouette of a horse's head. The Couderts own the largest part of this old estate, and pick from old vines at maximum maturity to make fully coloured wines with great juicy richness. They are without doubt one of the finest domaines in the Beaujolais.
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