Richard Rottiers - Moulin-à-Vent Les Thorins 2019
Beaujolais
Red
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Drink or Keep
94/100
Wine Enthusiast
A brand-new cuvée! A delicate, refined juice from granite hillside plots. This terroir, with its poor soils, magnifies the Gamay's aromatic potential, giving it a very special ageing potential: after a few years, the wine is said to "pinote". A subtle wine with a stunningly peppery mouthfeel.
Features
Estate
Richard Rottiers
Cuvée
Les Thorins
Vintage
2019
Designation
Moulin-à-Vent
Region
Beaujolais
Grape varieties
100% Gamay
Terroirs
Manganese-rich granite, vines averaging 60 years old on 1 ha
Viticulture
1st year of Ecocert organic conversion (plot recently purchased)
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Semi-carbonic maceration in whole bunches. Alcoholic fermentation for 15 days in concrete vats. Remontage and délestage. Light pressing. Malolactic fermentation in 100% oak barrels.
Breeding
100% oak barrels for 6 months
Alcohol content
13%
Tasting & pairing
Nose
Expressive black fruit and spice notes
Mouth
Powerful tannins and a peppery palate rounded off by ageing, beautiful structure, volume.
Serve
AT 15°C
Open
30 min in advance for the most recent vintages
Drink from
2024
Drink before
2030
Food and wine pairing
Serve with grilled meat or a cheese platter, veal paupiettes, marbled chicken breasts, etc.
Richard Rottiers
Moulin-à-Vent
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine rated (2020 guide) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)
About the domain :
Richard Rottiers was one of the hardest hit by the incessant hail of recent vintages. Close to the breaking point, he has managed to find a second wind in good-quality cuvées for the trade. The 2018s were just finishing barrel ageing at the time of our visit. The quality is superb, and should give our dear winemaker some breathing space. Meanwhile, the 2017s, currently on sale, are consistent, structured and, despite modest quantities, reasonably priced.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Domaine noté (guide 2021) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About the domain :
One of the region's most dedicated organic farmers, Richard Rottiers suffered during the 2016 and 2017 vintages that saw Moulin-à-Vent ravaged by hail. But 2018 represented a return to a kind of normalcy, and he produced a fine set of wines; a feat he has replicated with a 2019 portfolio that are livelier and finer than their predecessors. Semi-carbonic maceration is followed by barrel and foudre ageing, depending on the cuvée. Everything reviewed here comes highly recommended.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Domaine noté (guide 2021) Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the estates that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).
About the domain :
Richard Rottiers is part of the generation that brought the Beaujolais climats to the fore. An agricultural and environmental engineer, he is passionate about soil life. After a spell in New Zealand, this child of Chablis settled in Romanèche-Thorins. He began winemaking in Fleurie in 2003, then spent three years training in the vineyard and cellar at Château Thivin. In 2008, he took over an estate in Moulin-à-Vent, which he worked organically. He entered the guide last year.
Wine Enthusiast
Wine rated (2020 guide) 94/100
Domaine noté (guide 2020) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)
Jancis Robinson
Graded area (2020 guide) Recommended
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