Domaine de la Pirolette - Saint Amour 2020
Beaujolais
Red
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Drink or Keep
93/100
James Suckling
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90/100
RVF
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1*Étoile
Hachette
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90/100
Wine Enthusiast
"A solar vintage!
" A beautiful, serious Saint-Amour. Not only the depth of the blackberry, but also a tasty, delicate hint of the fruit and just a hint of old balsamic vinegar make this wine very expressive. Rich and fleshy, but also elegant, thanks to the fine tannins and mineral acidity that also enliven the long, vibrant finish." (James Suckling - 2022)
Features
Estate
Domaine de la Pirolette
Vintage
2020
Designation
Saint-Amour
Region
Beaujolais
Grape varieties
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%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Purple dress
Nose
Delicious and delicate with red fruits, strawberry gariguette, and hints of violet.
Mouth
Full-bodied and juicy, with supple, elegant tannins and a slightly chocolaty finish.
Serve
AT 14-16°C
Drink from
2023
Drink before
2031
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.
Guide Hachette des vins
Wine rated (guide 2023) 1*Star (Very successful wine)
About the wine:
A wine that needs a little aeration to express all its complexity. It then reveals notes of ripe fruit and manages, despite the sunny character of the 2020 vintage, to preserve a beautiful freshness. All in all, a bottle that's easy to like.
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
Wine rated (2023 guide) 90/100
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:
Lovely, pulpy fruit that gives this vintage its letters of nobility. The touch is remarkable, rich and slender. Good ageing potential.
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 (2022 guide) 90/100
James Suckling
Wine rated (2022 guide) 93/100
Rated Domaine (2021 guide) Recommended
About the wine:
A beautiful, serious Saint-Amour. Not only the depth of blackberry, but also a tasty, delicate hint of fruit and just a hint of old balsamic vinegar make this wine very expressive. Rich and fleshy, but also elegant, thanks to the fine tannins and mineral acidity that also enliven the long, vibrant finish. For drinking or cellaring.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4.1/5
on 11 reviews
Note and review by M. ERIC S. Published on 06/01/2024
Very good Beaujolais.
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Note and review by M. QUIGRAT M. Published on 06/12/2023
A very straightforward wine with fine tannins and good balance.
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Note and review by M. GILLES D. Published on 08/08/2023
A love of Saint-Amour from a very fine 2020 vintage. Still in its youth, it's already truculent on the palate, slender, deep and luscious, bursting with intense flavors of tart berries (Morello cherries, sloes, blackcurrants, blueberries) and notes of peony, well coated by tannins that are still marked but mellow, the whole unfolding over a breathtaking mineral framework. Thanks to the wine's body and density, tasting continues with a fine, refreshing touch, right through to a dazzling finish, underlined by a few sweet, sour nuances. A further year of cellaring should enable this cuvée to express itself fully. A score of 4 for this pure, well-typed Gamay which, after 1 hour's aeration and at 15°, was paired with roast Bresse chicken and roasted Noirmoutier potatoes.
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Note and review by Mme NATHALIE D. Published on 30/05/2024
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Note and review by M. MICHAEL M. Published on 30/03/2024
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Note and review by M. JEAN PIERRE M. Published on 30/08/2023
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Note and review by M. BENOIT P. Published on 26/08/2023
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Note and review by M. PHILIPPE A. Published on 19/07/2023
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Note and review by M. DAVID V. Published on 04/03/2023
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Note and review by M. DANIEL C. Published on 26/12/2022
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