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By: Jim Barr |
K&L Staff Member |
Review Date: 8/31/2011
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I thought that this would never, ever happen. For forty plus years, of all the cases of wine that I have bought and drunk or cellared, I have never bother to buy a Beaujolais, villages or in general. It was always a bottle here and one there, but never a case. Then this stupidly great vintage of 2009 shows up and I am totally mesmerized by the amazing quality and depth of flavor of these wines. Sooo, when Keith Wollenberg landed a 2009 villages production from Chateau De Pizay (Morgon) a few months back, I was so totally overwhelmed by its stunning richness and broadness of flavor , that I bought not just one case, but two, one for current consumption and one for aging to see how it will evolve. Chateau de Pizay has sent us another villages production from the 2009 vintage, but under another a different label, Chateau de Saint-Lager Brouilly, and it, too, is a wine to behold. It not only rivals the Morgan, in many ways it is even more complex and deeply flavored. Medium-deep ruby in color, the nose explodes with opulent tones of blueberry to violet to strawberry fruit characteristics, that carry over to a broad, fleshy, deeply flavored Beaujolais (this is Gamay?) that is full, abundantly rich and concise, with mineral undertones, a creamy, viscous middle, and a long, flashy finish that refuses to give up. And, yes, I have bought two cases of this Gem. Anderson has informed me that this Gem beauty will be one of our house red for the month. ABV 13.0% (Jim Barr)
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