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2013 Domaine Jean-Claude Lapalu Brouilly Vieilles Vignes

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April 2, 2023 - $26

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RATINGS

92The Wine Advocate

...vibrant, joyful, almost playful bouquet that is simmering with vigor, as scents of red plum and cranberry bubble over. The palate is supremely well-balanced, lithe in the mouth, but becoming edgier as it nears its tensile finish, which lends it weightlessness.

92Vinous / IWC

Candied dark berries and fragrant flowers on the highly perfumed nose, complicated by suggestions of musky herbs and spices. Sappy and focused, offering juicy black raspberry and floral pastille flavors that show very good depth...rich and lively, finishing with gently gripping tannins and strong persistence.

REGION

France, Beaujolais, Brouilly

Brouilly is the largest of the Beaujolais Cru appellations with 3,000 acres of vineyards. Unlike most of the other Beaujolais Crus, Brouilly is not a specific village. It surrounds the Côte de Brouilly appellation on three sides and in some years nearly 800,000 cases of wine are produced. The region is named for Mount Brouilly, an extinct volcano, and the name comes from “brûlé,” meaning burnt. As in virtually all of Beaujolais, the grape grown here is Gamay.

TYPE

Red Wine, Gamay, Cru Beaujolais

The Gamay grape produces a light, versatile and food-friendly wine. It is best known for making Beaujolais Nouveau, but it is also grown in Loire and Tours. Thankfully the 14th C. Duke of Burgundy’s degree to ban the grape did not spread through all of France.