Domaine de la Pirolette - Saint-Amour La Poulette 2020
Beaujolais
Red
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Drink or Keep
93/100
James Suckling
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92/100
Wine Enthusiast
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89/100
RVF
"The wonderful black raspberry nose draws you inexorably into this deep, concentrated yet lively wine with tons of fine tannins and great mineral freshness on the imposing finish." (James Suckling 2022). Rewarding work for this plot-based Beaujolais cru aged 16 months in concrete eggs, delivering incredible purity of tannin and finesse.
Features
Estate
Domaine de la Pirolette
Cuvée
La Poulette
Vintage
2020
Designation
Saint-Amour
Region
Beaujolais
Grape varieties
100% Gamay Noir
Terroirs
The vines are located in the "La Poulette" climat on pink granite soil with deep clay that acts as a water reservoir, particularly in hot years. On this terroir, the vines produce a fruity, energetic wine.
Viticulture
Traditional and meticulous
Harvest
At optimum maturity
Winemaking
Cuvée parcellaire vinified in concrete eggs
Breeding
18 months in concrete eggs
Alcohol content
14,5%
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 15-18°C
Open
1/2 hour
Drink before
2030+
Guard
5 to 10 years
Food and wine pairing
Pair with poultry such as Bresse chicken in morel sauce, veal chop...
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
Wine rated (2023 guide) 89/100
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 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 (2023 guide) 92/100
About the wine:
Dense structure and tannins give this wine concentration and the promise of further aging. Black fruit and a touch of spice add to a wine that will be excellent to drink from 2024 onwards.
James Suckling
Wine rated (2022 guide) 93/100
Rated Domaine (2021 guide) Recommended
About the wine:
The wonderful black raspberry nose draws you inexorably into this deep, concentrated yet lively wine, with tons of fine tannins and great mineral freshness on the imposing finish. Produced from a parcel on the granite part of this appellation and aged for 16 months in concrete eggs.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4/5
on 2 reviews
Note and review by M. DANIEL P. Published on 12/10/2024
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Note and review by M. ADRIEN F. Published on 30/05/2024
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