France - Beaujolais

Question 1

pale ruby

medium intensity

red fruit (raspberries, red plum), kirsch and morello cherries, cinnamon, lavender, Lilly of the valley and cinnamon, carbonic maceration aromas.

Dry, medium (+) acidity, medium (-) fine-grained tannins, medium alcohol, light body, medium intensity, flavour mirror nose with a touch more floral notes, medium (+) finish with florals and cinnamon

Answer 1

Domaine Dominique & Remy Passot

100% Gamay, manually harvested form 50 yo vines

7-9 days of maceration

Aged for 7 months in a combination of stainless steel and cement vats

Question 2

Medium purple in colour, clear appearance

pronounced in Intensity

black fruit (bluberries, blackberries, black cherry), red fruit (red plum, red cherry), floral (lavender), other (bubble bum, kirsch, banana), oak (toast & vanilla); well define aromas, with a ripe fruit character.

Dry, med (+) in acidity, med (+) tannins (chalky, fine grained), med alc, med body, med(+) intensity on the palate, flavours mirror the nose, with a more accentuded fresh cherry / kirsch note. long finish finish, with bright cherry & toast / vanilla notes at the end.

Very good

Answer 2

Domaine Laurent Perrachon:

Produces wines from 6 crus (Julienas, Fleurie, Morgon, Moulin-a-Vent, Chenas & Saint-Amour + Beaujolais Village & Cremant de Bourgogne.

Also produces a Pouilly-Fuisse.

5th and 6th generation of winemakers working together.

Perrachon family first acquired a domaine in Julienas in 1877.

Les Burdelines:

100% from 80yo vines

Very low yields (35 hL/ha)

Semi-carbonic maceration for 12 days.

12 months in oak (small proportion new) + 3 months in large oak vats.