Domaine de la Pirolette - Saint-Amour Le Carjot 2022
Beaujolais
Red
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Drink or Keep
93/100
James Suckling
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Médaille d'Or
Concours de Mâcon
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Médaille d'Argent
Concours Paris
"An irresistible plot-based cru with incredible potential!"
"A generous red with a nose of chocolate, black cherry, blackcurrant and raspberry coulis. Rich and juicy, with full body and ripe tannins. Concentrated Saint-Amour. (James Suckling 2024).
Features
Estate
Domaine de la Pirolette
Cuvée
Le Carjot
Vintage
2022
Designation
Saint-Amour
Region
Beaujolais
Grape varieties
100% Gamay Noir
Terroirs
Weathered bluestone floor
Viticulture
Traditional and meticulous
Harvest
At optimum maturity
Winemaking
Plot
Breeding
16 months in concrete eggs and equal parts oak barrels
Alcohol content
14.5%
Tasting & pairing
Nose
Spicy with floral and black fruit aromas, touch of coffee
Mouth
Fleshy, full of fruit, full-bodied tannic structure. Peppery, liquorice finish. A cuvee of character.
Serve
AT 15-18°C
Open
1/2 hour before
Drink before
2032
Food and wine pairing
Perfect with duck à l'orange, pot au feu, red meats, mushroom tagliatelle...
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.
Concours Général Agricole de Paris
Wine rated (guide 2024) Silver Medal (Concours Général Agricole Paris)
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
Wine rated (guide 2024) 93/100
Graded area (2021 guide) Recommended
About the wine:
A generous red with a nose of chocolate, black cherry, blackcurrant and raspberry coulis. Rich and juicy, with full body and ripe tannins. Concentrated Saint-Amour.
Concours des vins de Mâcon
Wine rated Gold Medal
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4/5
out of 1 review
Note and review by M. GILLES D. Published on 13/11/2024
Carried by a small but excellent vintage, Cargot is a remarkable Gamay, all grace and precision. Well-ripened tannins, perfectly integrated and supple, grant controlled power and depth, while retaining a full, generous juice, with a high intensity of luminous fruit, a hint of kirsch that envelops the palate in a fresh, sensual and voluptuous envelope. Slender finish punctuated by a hint of salt and a pinch of spice. Keep if you can, as this is only the beginning in terms of finesse and aromatic development. A charming, haute-couture cuvee, best served with a family Sunday dinner of oven-roasted Bresse chicken and Noirmoutier potatoes. Score = 4.3.
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