More fun from the auction site with a bid at about half the RRP, lucky me. Well, in this case it is a win as it’s a delicious bottle. A relatively new domaine formed when two brothers returned to the family land in 2018 with Saint Amour as its base. Not much more info comes up in searches as it seems both new and not much reviewed. Notwithstanding a lack of media presence, this bottle shows good fruit from a tricky hot vintage and good winemaking. There’s the density and ripeness of the year but there’s still freshness and a clean satisfying end. Lots of dark cherry, almost kirsch, cooked strawberries, spice and chocolate lying comfortably on a great bed of graphite like mineral things. Gives it a real sense of what searching suggests are granite and silica soils in the Capitans cru, as we wine nerds like to imagine soil infesting wine flavour. Despite the ripeness in a warming world, I must admit to being a bit surprised and happy how Gamay in the Beaujolais crus seems to still hang onto its mineral refreshment. More so than some Pinots from more famous vines further north? Looks like there’s more bottles on the auction site. I’m bidding.
14.5% alcohol but no heat apparent. Cork. $30 auction.
94 points.
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