Domaine de la Pirolette - La Poulette 2017
Beaujolais
Red
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Drink or Keep
94/100
Wine Enthusiast
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16/20
RVF
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16/20
Bettane & Desseauve
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93/100
Robert Parker
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Médaille d'Or
Gilbert & Gaillard
"A Poulette with class!"
"This black velvet distills aromas of marmot cherry. Aged 16 months in concrete eggs, the fruit is as bright as a diamond in the rough. The cellar will polish it." (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2020 - RVF) A Poulette with class!
Features
Estate
Domaine de la Pirolette
Cuvée
La Poulette
Vintage
2017
Designation
Saint-Amour
Region
Beaujolais
Grape varieties
100% Gamay Noir
Terroirs
Pink granite soil with deep clay
Viticulture
Traditional and meticulous
Harvest
At optimum maturity
Winemaking
Cuvée parcellaire vinified in concrete eggs
Breeding
16 months in concrete eggs
Alcohol content
14%
Tasting & pairing
Nose
Gourmand with aromas of red fruit (cherry, blueberry) and a hint of violet.
Mouth
Round, rich and structured. Great energy. A gastronomic wine.
Serve
AT 16-18°C
Open
1/2 hour
Drink before
2026
Food and wine pairing
Accompanies poultry such as Bresse chicken in morel sauce, veal chop ....
Domain de la Pirolette
Saint-Amour
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated (2020 guide) 16/20 (Very good wine)
Domain rated (guide 2021) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)
About the wine:
A classy chick. The finesse is there, even the tannins assert themselves with style. Promising.
About the domain :
Grégory Barbet, son of former House Director Jean Loron, produced his first vintage in 2013. With 15 hectares perfectly situated around the estate, Grégory quickly understood the need to deal with the heterogeneity of a cru better known for its evocative name than for its hitherto confidential parcels. While his village cuvée is positioned in a reliable, structured style, his plot-based cuvées, Poulette and Carjot, are in the making. Indeed, while the use of wood has improved, it's the blending with concrete eggs that has really brought a more subtle balance to the woodiness, which is finding its rightness in 2018. In an appellation where references were lacking, here is a young estate to watch, as much for the rising quality of its wines as for the contagious passion that inhabits this young winemaker.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated (2019 guide) 93/100 (Wonderful wine)
Domain rated (guide 2021) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About the wine:
The 2017 Saint-Amour La Poulette from Domain de la Pirolette has a lovely bouquet of cherries, raspberries, licorice and subtle peony notes, followed by a medium- to full-bodied, velvety and supple palate with an attractive core of fruit, powdery tannins and a penetrating finish.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (2020 guide) 16/20 (Very good wine)
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 wine:
This black velvet distills aromas of marmot cherry. Aged 16 months in concrete eggs, the fruit is as bright as a diamond in the rough. The cellar will polish it.
About the domain :
A former cooperage sales executive, Virginie Barbet bought this estate in 2013 with her husband Grégory and a few investor friends. Depending on the cuvée, the grapes are either destemmed or pressed whole. But always with a "chapeau grillé" accompanied by pumping-over and délestage for gentle extraction. They then mature in French oak barrels and concrete eggs their various parcel-based cuvées, which are among the most distinctive terroirs of the cru. Today, they are one of the few domains to restore Saint-Amour's cru status.
Wine Enthusiast
Wine rated (2020 guide) 94/100
About the wine:
One of the estate's parcel-based cuvées, this wine was aged in concrete eggs for 16 months. Open and ripe, it has a soft texture that conceals the firm tannins beneath. Structure, black fruit and richness come together. Let the wine age until 2021.
Gilbert & Gaillard
Wine rated Gold Medal
James Suckling
Rated Domaine (2021 guide) Recommended
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4/5
on 7 reviews
Note and review by M. BERNARD L. Published on 05/04/2020
this Saint amour is very powerful, foreshadowing the wines of the northern Côtes du Rhône. red fruits and heady flowers, still to be kept but already very enjoyable.
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Note and review by M. NICOLAS B. Published on 23/10/2024
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Note and review by M. JEAN PIERRE B. Published on 27/07/2022
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Note and review by M. JOEL Z. Published on 11/10/2021
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Note and review by M. DENIS A. Published on 11/03/2021
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Note and review by M. VINCENT R. Published on 23/05/2020
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Note and review by M. JEAN MICHEL L. Published on 30/03/2020
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