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Pascal Aufranc - Juliénas Probus rouge 2020

Beaujolais

Red

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4.5/5 (4 customers)

92/100

James Suckling

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91/100

Wine Enthusiast

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15,5/20

Bourgogne Aujourd'hui

gamay
complex
balanced
concentrate
coq au vin

"Intense notes of bay, clove and savory, along with deep black cherry and elderberry, make this a unique Julienas. Concentrated, yet very fresh, it has lively acidity and chocolatey tannins that build steadily to a long, compact finish. A cuvée from the Les Chers, Les Crots and Les Capitains terroirs. A wine for laying down. To drink or to keep. (James Suckling 2022).

Features

Estate

Pascal Aufranc

Cuvée

Probus

Vintage

2020

Designation

Juliénas

Region

Beaujolais

Grape varieties

100% gamay

Terroirs

70-year-old vines, sedimentary and clay soils, southeast exposure

Viticulture

Integrated pest management

Harvest

At optimum maturity

Winemaking

Whole bunches, punching down with toasted vats

Breeding

12 to 14 months in concrete eggs

Alcohol content

12,5%

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Purple with garnet highlights

Nose

Announces a tight, intense and rich structure of black fruits, spices and spices.

Mouth

Very dense and complex, it expresses empyreumatic notes, followed by black cherry, violets and peony before giving way to noble tannins.

Serve

13°to 15°C

Drink before

2030+

Guard

0 to 15 years

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Perfect with daube with black olives, coq au vin, Sisteron lamb...

Pascal Aufranc

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Domain rated (guide 2023) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)

About the domain :

Pascal Aufranc began his winegrowing career with just 1.6 hectares on the sloping hillside of En-Rémont, 350 meters above sea level. It was here that he renovated an old farmhouse amidst vines planted in the 1930s. Surrounded by oak trees (the name Chénas comes from the woods planted before the vines), these vines now form the estate's vineyard: 10 hectares, including 7 in Juliénas, 2 in Chénas and 1 in Fleurie. This green setting, out of sight but from which you can see everything, gives birth to wines with a rich, spicy texture perfectly balanced by their granite origins. The 2016s are a success, especially the estate's flagship cuvée, probus. In 2017, enthusiasts will prefer the Chénas and Fleurie crus.

Burgundy Today

Bourgogne Aujourd'hui

Wine rated 15,5/ 20

Domain rated Safe Value

About the wine:

Aromas of ripe, fresh black fruit: blackberries, blueberries... Concentrated, fruity, lively palate. The wine is not in place, but there's potential!

About the domain :

Pascal Aufranc started in the business in 1993, and our tasting of old vintages in this issue shows that he's been making excellent wines for a long time. His estate covers 9.5 hectares, half Chénas, half Juliénas. The two spearheads of the domaine achieve the "best" rating of the 2013s in their respective appellations. His Chénas Vigne de 1939 (year of planting), on pure pink granite, comes from two parcels next to the estate (lieu-dit Rémont) for a total of two hectares. The wine is dense, but undoubtedly a little finer, more coated than the Cuvée Probus. The latter is "Juliénas extract", with a robust, structured wine for ageing, made from 50-55 year-old vines and three parcels in the Les Crots and En Capitans climats on sandy-loam soils. Both wines are vinified in the same way, in whole bunches, "à la beaujolaise" and in toasted vats; a wooden grid placed over the grapes keeps them submerged under the juice. As for the Juliénas Les Cerisiers cuvée, it's anything but a faire-valoir. The vines may be a little younger and the macerations a little shorter, but it remains a fleshy, dense Juliénas. "There's fruit, but not just fruit," explains Pascal Aufranc (5 vintages awarded Bourgogne Aujourd'hui).

Wine Enthusiast

Wine Enthusiast

Wine rated 91/ 100

Domain rated Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)

James Suckling

James Suckling

Wine rated (2022 guide) 92/100

Domain Rated Recommended

About the wine:

Intense notes of bay, clove and savory, along with deep black cherry and elderberry, make this a unique Juliénas. Concentrated, yet very fresh, it has lively acidity and chocolatey tannins that build steadily to a long, compact finish. A cuvée from the Les Chers, Les Crots and Les Capitains terroirs. A wine for laying down. To drink or to keep.

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