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mercredi 28 avril 2010

The Best Beaujolais of the year


Château LACARELLE

Château LACARELLE

(BEAUJOLAIS-VILLAGES)
Louis et Paule Durieu de Lacarelle
BP 5
69460 Saint-Étienne-des-Ouillères
Téléphone :04 74 03 40 80
Télécopie : 04 74 03 50 18
Email : info@lacarelle.com
Site : www.lacarelle.com

Classified 1st High-class wine with this Beaujolais-Villages 2006 (vines 35 year old on average, grape harvest manual, semi-carbonic maceration), rich color as in aromas, with the red fruit notes with core, intense with the nose as in mouth. The 2005 are of color crimson, velvety and harmonious, quite robust, with the marked nose of ripe currant, very good evolution.

Domaine CRÊT des  GARANCHES

Domaine CRÊT des GARANCHES

(BROUILLY)
Sylvie Dufaitre-Genin

69460 Odenas
Téléphone :04 74 03 41 46
Télécopie : 04 74 03 51 65
Email : sylvie.dufaitre-genin@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/cretdesgaranches

A family estate of 9,60 ha, located in the middle of the growth Brouilly. Soil with prevailing granitic, combined with the type of vine Gamay black with white juice confer on this wine its smoothness. Côte-de-Brouilly 2005 matured several months out of barrels of oak (manual vintage), typified, a powerful wine but all in elegance, scented in mouth, where prevail of the notes of currant and heather, with quite silky and very well-balanced tannins. Brouilly 2007 is a wine which allured us with these notes very characteristic and persistent of small stone-fruits, with tannins present but very delicate, of tasty mouth, to taste on a waterfowl. Beautiful Brouilly 2006, gold medal with the competition of the great wines of France Mâcon 2008, intense robe, scented well (fresh fruits, humus…), which develops fullness and roundness, a wine slightly peppered finally.

Alain MICHAUD

Alain MICHAUD

(BROUILLY)
Alain Michaud
Beauvoir
69220 Saint-Lager
Téléphone :04 74 66 84 29
Télécopie : 04 74 66 71 91
Email : alain.michaud17@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/alainmichaud
Site : www.alain-michaud.fr

At the top. Winegrowing of 13 ha including 9 in Brouilly appellation, made up for 70% by vines of more than 50 years. Beautiful Brouilly 2007, charmer, fleshy, velvety, very scented, with these ripe fruit and undergrowth notes (strawberry of wood, bilberry…), of a beautiful final in mouth, very good evolution. The 2006, of a limpid red robe cherry, are a wine with raspberry nose the powerful, rich, structured, of a beautiful aromatic persistence finally, a wine with tannins ripe but quite present, of excellent evolution, which requires a rich kitchen. Morgon 2006 (2,50 ha, 45 years old vines on the slopes) is of pronounced color, with ripe tannins, quite robust, with this nose of overripe fruits and humus, of good mouth, a rich and dense wine, which deserves a little patience to benefit from its potential. Rosy Beaujolais 2006 (2000 bottles only) is greedy and fruity, perfect on the Lyons pork-butcheries. Taste their new product “Gamaysienne”, astonishing a semi-sparkling red light with alcohol low level, very fruity, which they work out themselves in their wine storehouse. A wine which is the fruit of a work meticulous person, the catch of foam being made out of bottles with a traditional discharging, an ideal product with aperitif or on a dessert. Beautiful quality-price-pleasure ratio, which does not spoil anything.

Domaine CHAMPAGNON

Domaine CHAMPAGNON

(CHENAS)

Les Brureaux
69840 Chénas
Téléphone :03 85 36 71 32
Télécopie : 03 85 36 72 00
Email : earl.champagnon@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/domainechampagnon

Incontestably at the top. The two wire, Patrick and Jean-Yves, direct this beautiful estate. Their Moulin-à-Vent 2007, an intense wine of color, with the prune notes, is a dense great wine, typified, very harmonious, with tannins silky but quite present, traditional of this vintage. The 2006, with the aromas of macerated fruits and spices, rich, of beautiful garnet-red, dense color with the nose as in mouth, combining smoothness and structure, is of very good evolution. The 2005 is tasted very well in this moment, of robe crimson, with the nose prevailed by the strawberry and blackberry, rich, structured, of a nice final, a traditional wine, with tannins ripe but quite present, of very good evolution. Beautiful Chénas 2007, resulting from a traditional wine making from 6 to 8 days (maturing in the wood lightnings), of mouth intense and prevailed by blackberry, a wine mixing suppleness and aromatic, quite harmonious and very well-balanced intensity, all in aromas and smoothness finally, having a real potential of evolution. Taste their Fleurie 2007, delicate and scented as it should be, well also typified, of robe crimson, with the powerful and persistent nose prevailed by the ripe strawberry of wood, to lead to a ham of mountain.

CAVE des VIGNERONS

CAVE des VIGNERONS

(COTEAUX-DU-LYONNAIS)
Directeur : Thierry Sothier
RN 89
69210 Sain-Bel
Téléphone :04 74 01 11 33
Télécopie : 04 74 01 10 27
Email : contact@sainbelenlyonnais.com
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/vigneronsdesain-bel
Site : www.sainbelenlyonnais.com

Great success with it Coteaux-du-Lyonnais cuvée l’Hommée rouge 2007 (at last century hommée surface represented that a vine grower worked in one day with his fessou), resulting from not very deep sandy grounds and a carbonic semi-maceration, where roundness and distinction join, very aromatic, an at the same time delicate wine and very structured, of a beautiful final. Coteaux-du-Lyonnais Domaine Peronnet red 2007, silver medal in Paris, selection and sorting manual, harvest and grape harvest in bunches whole, robust, at the same time fruity and tannic, fleshy and generous, harmonious in mouth like their Beaujolais Domaine of Soly 2007, only elaborate with the grapes resulting from the oldest vines, quite robust, with the nose prevailed by currant, of very good evolution. Excellent Coteaux-du-Lyonnais vintage rosy Référence 2007 (100% direct pressing, wine making at controlled temperature), a wine with the nuances of flowers and spices, associating richness and suppleness, of fruity and persistent mouth like Coteaux-du-Lyonnais Domaine de Champ-Guichard red 2007, fruity, quite traditional.

Domaine du GRANIT  DORÉ Georges ROLLET

Domaine du GRANIT DORÉ Georges ROLLET

(JULIÉNAS)
Mme Georges Rollet
Domaine du Granit Doré La Pouge
69840 Jullié
Téléphone :04 74 04 44 81
Télécopie : 04 74 04 49 12
Email : rollet-g@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.domainedugranitdore.com

The son, Vincent, joined the property after his studies and of the training courses in Bourgogne, Alsace and South Africa. All the vines of the winegrowing being in slopes, all work of the vine are thus done manually, which represents a strong implication of the vine grower but supports an observation with more close to the vegetation. There is initially their Juliénas fermented Spéciale Vieilles Vignes 2007, with the plum aromas, of very good structure, having a nice bouquet, at the same time fruity and of beautiful structure, dense and persistent mouth, which agrees perfectly with a leg. Remarkable 2006, with the pepper and very ripe raspberry aromas, of very good structure, dense and persistent mouth, a harmonious, full and distinguished wine, of excellent evolution, which requires a raised kitchen. Juliénas Tradition 2007, Prestige price with the competition of the Great wines of Beaujolais 2008, coloured and scented (currant, grooves), with ripe tannins, the notes of strawberry, peony and spices, of garnet-red color, is very quite well-balanced.

Gérard BRISSON

Gérard BRISSON

(MORGON)
M.Brisson
Domaine des Pillets Chemin des Romains
69910 Villié-Morgon
Téléphone :04 74 04 21 60
Télécopie : 04 74 69 15 28
Email : vin.brisson@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/gerard-brisson
Site : www.gerard-brisson.com

At the top of first classified great wines. Gerard Brisson matures this superb Morgon Les Charmes Louve 2006, of color ruby, with these intense aromas where prevail the red small fruits good ripe (currant, blackberry) and this quite typical spice point, very also succeeded in the vintage 2007, with notes of violet and liquorice, rich color, traditional and concentrated, combining smoothness and structure. Morgon Les Charmes 2005 is a full and tasty wine, with the subtle stone-fruit nose, slightly spiced, combining smoothness and structure, of tasty mouth, of guard, of course. Dense, complex, Morgon Les Charmes Vieilles Vignes 2006 (vines of more than 50 years, maturing in the lightnings of oak between 12 and 18 months), with these crystallized blackberry notes, a wine with rich tannins, closes, all in perfumes, which associates roundness and structure in mouth. Showing the potential of evolution of these wines, Vieilles Vignes 99 is superb, with the reflections crimsons, the scents of ripe blackcurrant and liquorice, of powerful mouth, an ample wine, coloured and of excellent evolution. Morgon Les Charmes Noble Tradition is a wine of beautiful color, scented (ripe, morello cherry and violet), powerful with the nose as in mouth, with tannins present and very elegant at the same time, to open on a calf's liver to old. All charms some, the Beaujolais-Villages is with robe brilliant ruby, with the nuances of cherry, a wine of pleasure. The whole with exceptional a quality-price-typicité ratio.

Château de PIZAY

Château de PIZAY

(MORGON)
Direction : Pascal Dufaitre

69220 Saint-Jean-d'Ardière
Téléphone :04 74 66 26 10
Télécopie : 04 74 69 60 66
Email : chateau-de-pizay@chateau-de-pizay.com
Site : www.chateau-de-pizay.com

At the top also. The property extends on 80 ha around the castle, including 40 planted in vines. Beautiful Morgon Château de Pizay 2006, very aromatic, with these subtle and intense notes of humus, overripe red small fruits and spices. Régnié Château de Pizay 2007, coloured and robust, quite robust, with the nose of overripe red fruits, very good evolution. Very attractive white Beaujolais Château de Pizay, with this touch of allied acidity to a pleasant roundness, where intermingle with the nuances of fresh fruits, heather and honeysuckle. Château de Pizay is also a superb hotel 4 stars installed in a splendid castle of XIVe and XVIIe centuries. Relaxation and gastronomy are with go, tennis, swimming pool, French garden. You will be able to also taste the wines in secular arched cellars, very picturesque.

Domaine MORTET Père  et Fils

Domaine MORTET Père et Fils

(MOULIN-A-VENT)
Jean-Pierre Mortet
Le Bourg
71570 Romanèche-Thorin
Téléphone :03 85 35 55 51
Télécopie : 03 85 35 53 19
Email : jean.mortet@free.com
Site : http://jean.mortet.free.fr/

Winegrowing of 10 ha. A great very favorite (usual) for this exceptional Moulin-à-Vent Les Rouchaux 2005, resulting from a granitic ground of rock, particularly succeeded, with beautiful reflections crimsons, with the aromas of ripe fruits (blackcurrant, blackberry) and of liquorice, powerful mouth, an ample, coloured and complex wine, that it is necessary to let be done and open on a stew. Its Moulin-à-Vent 2006 particularly attracted us with its subtle aromas where the ripe fruits and the violet prevail, all of structure, is very typified, linking with harmony smoothness and structure, of beautiful evolution.