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Richard Rottiers - Moulin-à-Vent Les Thorins 2019

Beaujolais

Red

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Drink or Keep

94/100

Wine Enthusiast

gamay
peppery
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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

Food and wine pairing

Serve with grilled meat or cheese platters, veal paupiettes, marbled chicken breasts, etc.

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Domain 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 winegrower some respite. Meanwhile, the 2017s, currently on sale, are consistent, structured and, despite modest quantities, reasonably priced.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Domain rated (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

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Domain rated (guide 2021) Selected (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the domains 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 Enthusiast

Wine rated (2020 guide) 94/100

Domain rated (2020 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)

Jancis Robinson

Jancis Robinson

Rated Domaine (2020 guide) Recommended

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