Cuvée 3.14 Morgon Gamay

2014 | Gamay

Drinking from a 1.5ml magnum sized bottle with ten years on it. Medicinal cherry fruit and a heavy amount of funky ass brettanomyces. The wine is so rich and layered. I can see how the bretty flavors could bother some people. Drinking with Popeyes sweet & spicy chicken wings. This wine reminds me of the incredibly rare 3 Fonteinen Sharbeekse cherry beer made with special cherries. The funky reductive & brett flavors mellowed as the wine opened up.

Popped and poured; no formal notes. This is my first time trying the 3.14 by Foillard and I was fortunate to enjoy not only one but two separate vintages poured alongside one another. For those who may not be familiar, 3.14 or “Pi” is a rare bottling of Foillard’s oldest vines from Côte du Puy; many of the vines are over 100 years old. On this occasion, both bottles were remarkably similar. The 2009 showed a bit more finesse while the 2010 showed a touch more structure. Both had remarkable depth, concentration and balance. One of those a-ha wines that show how great Beaujolais can be. Fabulously structured, both of these wines have very long lives ahead of them as they are still developing adolescents. That being said, they are enjoyable now and should continue to wow through 2040 and live well beyond.

Popped and poured; no formal notes. This is my first time trying the 3.14 by Foillard and I was fortunate to enjoy not only one but two separate vintages poured alongside one another. For those who may not be familiar, 3.14 or “Pi” is a rare bottling of Foillard’s oldest vines from Côte du Puy; many of the vines are over 100 years old. On this occasion, both bottles were remarkably similar. The 2009 showed a bit more finesse while the 2010 showed a touch more structure. Both had remarkable depth, concentration and balance. One of those a-ha wines that show how great Beaujolais can be. Fabulously structured, both of these wines have very long lives ahead of them as they are still developing adolescents. That being said, they are enjoyable now and should continue to wow through 2040 and live well beyond.

Deep, concentrated flavors, but still so light and fresh. Just wonderful. 2017 drunk in 2021.

A definite step up in concentration and structure from the cote de py…glad I went long on this wine

On the Lawn at Tanglewood this afternoon with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our conductor Andris Nelsons is leading GERSHWIN (Piano Concerto in F), GERSHWIN (Variations on “I Got Rhythm,” for piano and orchestra) and STRAVINSKY (Petrushka) with the amazing Jean-Yves Thibaude as the piano soloist on the two first works presented today. Jean-Yves is by far among our favorite pianists to grace the Koussevitzky Shed stage, so graceful, yet poignant!

Hot days call for cool wines, today there are some fun ones planned for sharing.

Nose has blackberry jam on toasted brioche, violet,
bruised Tai basil, blueberry seeds and crushed ripe black currant.

Palate has peppered black raspberry, black cherry, tomato leaf and well concentrated blueberry jam.

@Carla Hine Thanks for sharing, top candidate for wine of the afternoon, along with the Minges Scheurebe!!!

So silky, whiff of Brett blows off quickly to reveal pure and bright black cherry fruit. Brilliant

1.5L. Somewhat excessively horsey on opening, but on night three its come into its own. Bloody, steamy, juicy.

Everything’s in harmony here. Bright crunchy berry fruit, wild cherries, candied citrus and fresh navel orange zest. Savory herbs, baking spices, and a crystalline minerality are present, with just a slight touch of funk. Long round acid-driven finish. Super clean, focused, and vibrant. A reference point for complex yet drinkable Beaujolais.