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2015 Yvon Metras Fleurie

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Latest Sale Price

March 3, 2024 - $66

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RATINGS

96The Wine Advocate

...extraordinary, unfurling in the glass with a stunning bouquet of ripe cherries, raspberries, smoked meats, tar and potpourri, with complementary notes of dark chocolate emerging with air.

93James Suckling

This is tense and tight with granite, slate and blueberry character. Full and fresh with a dense palate.

92Vinous / IWC

Juicy and concentrated, offering spice-laced, bitter black raspberry and licorice flavors that are given lift and spine by a core of smoky minerality. Sappy and penetrating on the very persistent finish...

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.