Domaine Labruyère - Le Clos du Moulin-à-Vent Monopole 2017
Beaujolais
Red
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Drink or Keep
17/20
RVF
-
16,5/20
Bettane & Desseauve
-
93/100
Wine Enthusiast
-
90/100
Robert Parker
« La réussite du millésime. Harmonie parfaite, avec du relief. Bouche dense et complexe. Beau vin. » (Le Guide des Vins Bettane & Desseauve) Un vin d'une grande pureté, sans artifice. Unique Monopole de l'appellation, cette parcelle de 92 ares est idéalement située juste en dessous du Moulin, emblème du cru. Sur un sol de granit très dur et « aride », ce terroir unique donne un gamay incomparable offrant des vins de longue garde.
Features
Estate
Domaine Labruyère
Cuvée
Le Clos du Moulin-à-Vent Monopole
Vintage
2017
Designation
Moulin-à-Vent
Region
Beaujolais
Grape varieties
100% Gamay
Terroirs
The only Monopole in the appellation, this 92-acre parcel is ideally situated just below the Moulin, the cru's emblem. On a very hard, "arid" granite soil, this unique terroir produces an incomparable Gamay grape offering long-keeping wines.
Viticulture
In conversion to organic farming
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Alcoholic fermentation takes place in a single concrete vat, in line with a parcel-by-parcel selection process that brings out the specific features of this unique terroir. The installation is thermo-regulated
Breeding
In oak barrels and demi-muids, 10% of which are new, and then in concrete vats, for 18 months.
Alcohol content
13.5%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Intense ruby red colour
Nose
Fine, elegant, slightly spicy, sustained by floral notes (rose, violet), slightly mentholated and liquorice notes, black fruit notes
Mouth
Dense and elegant, with spicy notes and a mineral touch. Licorice, leather, empyreumatic, mentholated. Refined tannins, savory and very salivating.
Serve
AT 14-16°C
Apogée
2020-2030
Drink before
2030
Guard
Over 15 years
Food and wine pairing
Goes well with baked Bresse turkey, veal tenderloin, rabbit à la Dijonnaise, a savory lentil dish, etc.
Domaine Labruyère
Moulin-à-Vent
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Vin noté 16,5/20 (Vin de référence)
Rated domain (2021 guide) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)
About the wine :
The success of the vintage. Perfect harmony, with relief. Dense and complex on the palate. A fine wine.
About the domain :
The Labruyère estate is one of the oldest in the Moulin-à-Vent appellation. In 1850, Jean-Marie Labruyère, a worker-winemaker, settled in Les Thorins, a hamlet in Romanèche-Thorins. Since then, several generations have succeeded one another at the head of the 10-hectare estate. During this period, the family acquired the only clos in the appellation, Clos du Moulin-à-Vent. In 2008, Édouard Labruyère took charge of the estate, with the aim of making it one of the appellation's benchmarks. Under the guidance of oenologist Nadine Gublin (also in charge of Domaine Jacques Prieur and JM Labruyère champagnes), the domaine has taken on a new dimension in recent vintages. The wines, which are sometimes austere on opening, show a depth and complexity on a par with the ambitions displayed a decade ago. Clos-du-moulin-à-vent holds its own, a superb success in 2017.
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated domain (2022 guide) Award-winning wines (Wines from this producer regularly win awards in the guide)
About the domain :
After making their fortune in the retail sector, the Labruyères invested in wine, acquiring a stake in Dom. Jacques Prieur in Meursault. In 2008, they also returned to their Beaujolais roots: an ancestor had settled in Les Thorins in 1850, operating the renowned Clos du Moulin-à-Vent monopoly. Édouard Labruyère took over the estate, keeping only the finest plots. Today, the vineyard covers 14 ha.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Vin noté (guide 2019) 90/100 (Vin formidable)
Rated domain (2022 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About the wine :
Domaine Labruyère's Moulin-à-Vent Le Clos du Moulin-à-Vent 2017 presents a rich bouquet of spices, berries, potpourri and grilled meats, delicately framed by a touch of new oak. On the palate, the wine is medium- to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with powdery tannins and a rich, sapid finish.
About the domain :
2018 is the finest vintage I've tasted to date from Domaine Labruyère. Not only has Moulin-à-Vent finally been spared the hail - which devastated the appellation in 2016 and 2017 - but the 2018s are the most integrated wines I've tasted from the domaine to date, with their ageing making a much more discreet aromatic and structural contribution than was the case in previous vintages I've encountered. Vinification at this address is what is sometimes described as Burgundian: that is, the grapes are destemmed and macerated for 2 to 3 weeks in concrete vats before ageing in barrels and demi-muids.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Vin noté (guide 2020) 17/20 (Grand vin)
Rated domain (2022 guide) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winegrowers with a good level of production, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)
About the wine :
Le Clos du Moulin-à-Vent, with its delicate perfume of water blossom, distils a pure mineral flavor that's easy to digest. A wine without artifice.
About the domain :
The Labruyère family has owned this château since 1850. Also owner of Domaine Jacques Prieur in Meursault and Château Rouget in Pomerol, Jean-Pierre Labruyère handed the keys over to his son Édouard in 2008. The winery has been modernized and the estate enlarged. In 2000, the Clos du Moulin-à-Vent was added to the parcel. The keys to the winery are entrusted to Nadine Gublin and the vines to Michel Rovere. Burgundian-style vinification (de-stemming followed by barrel ageing) produces wines with full but smooth tannins that age beautifully.
Wine Enthusiast
Vin noté (guide 2020) 93/100
About the wine :
This wine comes from a single monopole vineyard, managed since 2008 by Édouard Labruyère. Blackberry fruit and firm structure combine with ripe flavors, demonstrating the rich tannins and ageing potential of this appellation. Drink from 2021.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4/5
out of 3 reviews
Note and review by M. BERNARD L. Published on 30/10/2022
You have to be patient, but this very powerful wine, with its notes of candied cherries and blackberries, is a great bottle.
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Note and review by M. PASCAL D. Published on 22/09/2024
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Note and review by M. STEVE G. Published on 18/10/2022
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