Maison Coquard - Moulin à Vent 2007
Beaujolais
Red
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Moulin-à-Vent is the oldest, noblest and King of the Beaujolais crus. Racy and generous, it offers floral and fruity scents of violet and cherry. It's also one of the only crus from the Coquard house to benefit from 10 months in foudre, which gives it structure and aromatic complexity. With a few years, it will develop complex aromas of iris, spices, ripe fruit, truffle...
Features
Estate
Maison Coquard
Vintage
2007
Designation
Moulin-à-Vent
Region
Beaujolais
Grape varieties
100% Gamay
Terroirs
manganese-rich granitic soil
Viticulture
Gobelet pruning, no green harvesting due to low natural yields. Sustainable viticulture with respect for the environment and the ecosystem surrounding the vines.
Harvest
100% manual
Winemaking
Maceration for 12-14 days, toasting, punching down, delestage and pumping over for better extraction of color, phenolic compounds and aromas). 100% alcoholic and malolactic fermentation.
Breeding
Aged in 40-50 hl tuns for 10 months before bottling in early autumn of the following year.
Alcohol content
13%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
intense ruby color
Nose
with floral and fruity notes of violet and cherry, evolving into complex aromas of iris, spices, ripe fruit and truffle...
Mouth
fleshy, with ripe fruit and spices...
Serve
decant at 13-16°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2009
Drink before
2017
Production
9,000 bottles
Food and wine pairing
A savourer sur des viandes rouges, du gibier, des fromages corsés... <br/>
Coquard House
Moulin-à-Vent
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine noté (guide 2014) Sélectionné (An estate or house that has won us over with one or more wines from its production, without us being able to give a general opinion on the style of the entire range)
About the domain :
"Christophe Coquard founded his own trading company in 2005. He offers a range of wines covering every appellation in Beaujolais, and more recently in neighboring Mâconnais. The labels are attractively decorated, and prices remain reasonable. The house didn't present its 2008s as we'd asked, but 2009s with a more flattering reputation. In this vintage, several crus disappointed us, but the regional appellations shone with fruit.
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