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2014 Domaine De La Grand Cour (Jean-Louis Dutraive) Fleurie Cuvee Vieilles Vignes Le Clos

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April 9, 2023 - $41

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RATINGS

93Vinous / IWC

Lively and sharply focused on the nose, displaying mineral-laced scents of ripe red berries, lavender, Asian spices and blood orange. Sweet and seamless in texture, offering incisive strawberry, cherry and spicecake flavors that deepen and spread out with air. Shows an appealingly light touch given its power and finishes spicy and impressively long, with mounting tannins and an echo of candied flowers.

REGION

France, Beaujolais, Fleurie

Fleurie is a village located near the center of Beaujolais, and the Beaujolais Cru appellation named for it encompasses nearly 2,000 acres of vineyards. Many admirers of Beaujolais consider the Fleurie appellation to be one of the best, if not the best, of the Cru appellations and its wines are generally lush and aromatic. Some 500,000 cases are produced annually. Like nearly everywhere else in Beaujolais, the only grape grown is Gamay. Fleurie the village is charming and quaint and attracts many tourists.

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.