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2018 Domaine Jean-Claude Lapalu Brouilly La Croix de Rameux

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July 16, 2023 - $31

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RATINGS

94The Wine Advocate

...unfurling in the glass with notes of violets, plums, wild berries and smoked meats. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and layered, with a richly fleshy but fresh core of fruit that entirely conceals its fine structuring tannins, concluding with a long and complex finish.

94Vinous / IWC

Expansive, spice-accented black raspberry, cherry, licorice and potpourri scents, along with an exotic incense nuance and a hint of smoky minerality and cured meat. Broad and seamless in texture, showing impressive depth as well as energy to the black and blue fruit, cherry liqueur and spicecake flavors. Finishes strikingly long and smooth, with discreet tannins and resonating violet, allspice and game notes.

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.