Château Moulin À Vent

Domaine Diochon

Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Moulin-à-Vent Gamay 2023

Pastille & pennies. It takes a true bad ass to make just one single wine vintage after vintage. Respect. — 2 months ago

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Louis Jadot

Château des Jacques Clos du Grand Carquelin Moulin-à-Vent Gamay 2021

Fades quick in the mouth with a banana note that is unpleasant. Still, some terroir here. — 6 months ago

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Domaine Lucien Lardy

Les Thorins Moulin-à-Vent Gamay 2016

The abundance of red fruit and balance went perfectly with Korean fried chicken and noodles. — 6 months ago

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Philippe Pacalet

Moulin-à-Vent Gamay

PP wine tasting night with the producer. This was really good - almost a burgundy for a moulin à vent — 3 months ago

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Château des Jacques

Moulin-A-Vent Gamay 2021

Refined and delicious! First Moulin-À-Vent!
Enjoyed this with Polly last night. Great wine and conversation!
— 4 months ago

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Yohan Lardy

Vieilles Vignes de 1903 Moulin-à-Vent Gamay 2020

A bit hot. Some herbs, stewed cherry. — 7 months ago

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Thibault Liger-Belair

Vieilles Vignes Moulin-à-Vent Gamay 2009

Brought to Au Courant from our cellar to celebrate our daughter’s 15th birthday. As far as I can tell, 2009 was the first commercially available vintage of Thibault’s foray into Moulin-a-Vent so this was fun to try since I’ve been a big fan of his work there.

Poured into a decanter about an hour prior to service. The 2009 VV pours a deep ruby/purple with a near opaque core; medium viscosity and some light staining of the tears. There were some signs of sediment but most had been decanted off. On the nose, the wine is…well…pretty wild with notes of horse blanket and there’s just a touch of varnish in there too. For me, it’s teetering on the edge of, “is this charming or is this overbearing”? However, since there was more there than just a cow pasture and I don’t get any gerbil cage, I’ll leave this in the “charming” camp but I digress…back to the notes from the nose. The wine is developing, with dark crunchy berries, dark cherries, sandalwood...some pepper, some leather and light notes of potting soil. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannins and medium+ acid. The first glass showed a touch of effervescence like there could have been a slight refermentation in the bottle. Confirming the notes from the nose though it seems cleaner on the palate with some granite minerals on the finish. Interesting, it’s almost like this was semi-carbonic but as far as I know, Thibault has been making these wines using the same methods as he does his GC wines in Nuits-Saint-Georges so I don’t know. And this is why I like this wine. It’s making me think...and it’s been enjoyable throughout the meal, working particularly well with our strip steak. Yum! A really fun wine for those that enjoy something a little more rustic. That being said, I know it wouldn’t have pleased everyone. There is plenty of gas left in the tank and while this drinks very well now, I would expect that this will continue to drink well through 2029 with ease.
— 10 months ago

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Tom Casagrande

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First time I’ve seen “gerbil cage” in a tasting note. 🤣🤣
Jay Kline

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@Tom Casagrande if you drink enough natural wine, you’ll encounter it quickly…and it sucks. If you’re familiar with the term “mousy”, it’s the same thing.
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Note: not all natural wine is mousy. Just saying, it’s most prevalent in the category of “natural wine”.

Chateau Du Moulin À Vent

Couvent des Thorins Moulin-à-Vent Gamay 2020

Crisp yet earthy, a great summer red wine — 3 months ago

Collin-Bourisset

des Hospices Moulin-à-Vent Gamay 2022

Delicious wine we brought back from France! 🇫🇷 — 4 months ago

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