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Domaine de la Pirolette - Saint-Amour La Poulette 2021

Name: Domaine de la Pirolette - Saint-Amour La Poulette 2021
Brand: Domaine de la Pirolette
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)

Saint-Amour|Red wine

4.2/5 (5 customers)

93/100

James Suckling

Gamay

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"Aged in concrete eggs for pure tannins and incredible finesse!"

"Exceptional maturity and elegance for the 2021 vintage set this young Saint-Amour apart. But the beautiful base of fine tannins, enveloped in ripe raspberry, is also very impressive. Long, velvety finish!" (James Suckling 2023).

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Estate

Domaine de la Pirolette

Vintage

La Poulette

Vintage

2021

Designation

Saint-Amour

Region

Beaujolais

Grape varieties

100% Gamay Noir

Terroirs

The vines are located in the "La Poulette" climate on pink granite soil with clay deep down, which acts as a water reservoir, particularly during hot years.

Viticulture

Traditional and refined

Grape harvest

At optimal maturity

Wine making

Single vineyard wine vinified in concrete eggs

Livestock farming

18 months in concrete eggs

Alcohol content

14%

Nose

Rich with aromas of red fruits (cherry, blueberry) and hints of violet

Mouth

Round, rich, and structured. Beautiful energy. A gourmet wine.

Serve

At 15-18°C

Open

half an hour

Drink before

2031+

Food and wine pairings

Pairs well with poultry such as Bresse chicken in morel sauce, veal chop, raspberry tart...

More information on Domaine de la Pirolette

More information on Saint-Amour

Bettane & Desseauve

Rated estate (2021 guide) 2 stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more consistent and uniform than the previous one)

About the estate:

Grégory Barbet, son of the former director of Jean Loron, produced his first vintage in 2013. With 15 hectares perfectly located around the property, Grégory quickly understood the need to deal with the heterogeneity of the cru, which is better known for its evocative name than for its hitherto little-known plots. While his village cuvée is reliable and structured in style, his single-vineyard cuvées, Poulette and Carjot, are still developing. Indeed, while the use of wood has improved, it is the blending with concrete eggs that has truly brought a more subtle balance to the woodiness, which finds its accuracy in 2018. In an appellation where references were lacking, this is a young estate to watch, both for the rising quality of its wines and for the contagious passion of its young winemaker.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated estate (2021 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide to the Best Wines of France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated estate (2021 guide) Selected (Please note that this guide is a ranking and, as such, all the estates listed in it, even those without stars, represent, in our opinion, the excellence of French production.)

About the estate:

A former sales executive in the cooperage industry, Virginie Barbet bought this estate in 2013 with her husband Grégory and a few investor friends. The grapes are destemmed or left whole depending on the cuvée. But always with a "toasted cap" accompanied by pumping over and rack and return for gentle extraction. She then ages their various single-vineyard cuvées, which are among the most distinctive terroirs of the appellation, in French oak barrels and concrete eggs. Today, they are one of the few estates that are restoring Saint-Amour's status as a cru.

James Suckling

Wine rated (2023 guide) 93/100

Rated estate (2021 guide) Recommended

About wine:

Exceptional maturity and elegance for the 2021 vintage set this young Saint-Amour apart. But the beautiful base of fine tannins, enveloped in ripe raspberry, is also very impressive. Long, velvety finish!

Customer rating

4.2/5

based on 5 reviews