Beaujolais Fleurie 2013

John Gilman über: Beaujolais Fleurie

-- John Gilman: The Grillé Midi is considered one of the top lieux à dits in Fleurie, as it is a granitic amphitheater where the grapes obtain optimal ripeness. Monsieur Brun chooses to treat this wine like a Côte d’Or red, fully destemming the grapes and then fermenting them with several punchdowns. The 2013 is a very young and very promising example of the vintage, with a deep and structured nose of cherries, cranberries, venison, bonfires, a superb signature of granitic soil, fresh herb tones, roses and a topnote of cherry skin. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and nascently complex, with an excellent core of red fruit, a fair bit of ripe tannin, good acids and fine focus and grip on the long and primary finish. Give this excellent and quite structured Fleurie some extended time in the cellar to really come into its own, but it will be excellent when it is ready for primetime drinking. 2018-2035. 92+/100