Domaine de la Pirolette - Saint Amour 2022
Beaujolais
Red
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92/100
Decanter
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Médaille d'Or
Concours International du Gamay
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91/100
James Suckling
"What love this red cuvée with its pretty raspberry notes!"
"Juicy red with notes of raspberry, bark, orange and redcurrant. It's medium-bodied, with medium-firm tannins that melt into the berries." (James Suckling 2024
Features
Estate
Domaine de la Pirolette
Vintage
2022
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
14.5%
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 before
2027
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with Bresse chicken, pork filet mignon and mushrooms, chestnut purée...
Domaine de la Pirolette
Saint-Amour
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine 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.
Decanter
Wine rated (guide 2024) 92/100 silver
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Domaine noté (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
Domaine noté (guide 2021) Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the estates 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 estates to restore Saint-Amour's cru status.
James Suckling
Rated wine (guide 2024 ) 91/100
Graded area (2021 guide) Recommended
About the wine:
Juicy red with notes of raspberry, bark, orange and redcurrant. Medium-bodied, with medium-firm tannins that melt into the berries.
Concours International du Gamay
Wine rated Gold Medal
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4/5
out of 1 review
Note and review by M. GILLES D. Published on 06/10/2024
I've fallen in love again with this charmingly contoured cuvée, whose full, deep body delivers a fleshy, invigorating palate that resonates with maximum freshness and sapidity from high-intensity red berries, carried by a great minerality that takes the tasting to a long, juicy, salivating finish with the greediness of the fruit. Firm, creamy tannins ensure good ageing potential. A Gamay with a very good Q/ P ratio. Even more exhilarating after aeration, this cuvée will provide immediate pleasure with local family cuisine, particularly old-fashioned stuffed cabbage. Score = 4.1.
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