Domaine de la Pirolette - Saint Amour 2019
Beaujolais
Red
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Drink or Keep
92/100
James Suckling
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92/100
Wine Enthusiast
"Sumptuous gamay!"
"Tons of blackberry and black cherry here, filling the full, creamy body of this sumptuous Gamay, the lively acidity and healthy tannins keep the balance on track. Enjoy or keep." (James Suckling - 2021). A success once again for this Saint Amour 2019 edition! This cuvée proves accomplished, offering a lovely juice full of strawberry flavors and ripe acidity.
Features
Estate
Domaine de la Pirolette
Vintage
2019
Designation
Saint-Amour
Region
Beaujolais
Grape varieties
100% Gamay
Terroirs
Stony soils of sandstone and bluestone, clay and granitic sands
Viticulture
Traditional and meticulous
Harvest
At optimum maturity
Winemaking
Whole bunches or destemmed in cement vats, using the ancestral "toasted cap" technique for gentle extraction of tannins.
Breeding
In concrete tanks
Alcohol content
14.5%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Purple dress
Nose
Delicious and delicate with red fruits, strawberry gariguette, with notes of violet.
Mouth
Full-bodied and juicy, with supple, elegant tannins and a slightly chocolaty finish.
Serve
AT 14-16°C
Drink from
2022
Drink before
2030
Guard
5 to 10 years
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with Bresse chicken, pork filet mignon and mushrooms, Pad Thaï, chestnut purée...
Domain de la Pirolette
Saint-Amour
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domain rated (guide 2021) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)
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
Domain rated (guide 2021) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
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 :
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 (2021 guide) 92/100
About the wine:
This rich, full-bodied wine has serious tannins and generous blackberry fruit. These 40-year-old vines give concentration and a structure that is still young and evolving. Drink from 2022.
James Suckling
Wine rated (2021 guide) 92/100
Rated Domaine (2021 guide) Recommended
About the wine:
Tons of blackberries and black cherries here, filling the full, creamy body of this sumptuous Gamay, with lively acidity and healthy tannins keeping the balance on track. Enjoy or keep.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
3.9/5
on 11 reviews
Note and review by M. STEVE G. Published on 12/09/2024
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Note and review by M. THOMAS B. Published on 29/05/2022
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Note and review by M. BRICE L. Published on 23/01/2022
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Note and review by M. DEBONO F. Published on 30/10/2021
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