Chassignol Moulin-à-Vent Gamay

Black fruits, granite, structured. This could easily go another decade 🤯

This was pretty plush, but a tad too much oak for me.

Magnum

Robe noire ouverture 50h car avant le vin était fermé
Nez pierre chaude cassis et autre fruit noir très puissant sans alcool sans boisé au nez
Bouche ample pleine et dense avec une belle fraicheur
Coeur de bouche ample et dense sur la pierre
Finale longue sur les fruits noir avec une pointe d alcool
Superbe densité et fraicheur avec une densité incroyable
Aeration lente nécessaire car très dur à l ouverture

concentrated and delicious

This is a huge wow. Outclasses the Fleurie Moriers from the other day by a mile. Tastes like someone managed to squeeze juice out of solid granite and blend it with equal parts gamay. Off-the-charts rockiness here puts it almost in STGT territory. Has plenty of structure as MaV should, but it's more refined in texture than the Fleurie and perfectly balanced with the fruit (and no wood flavors detectable on this one). The proportions here are like the golden mean - this is really well-composed.

Behöver ett par år till. Stor stärvhet. Relativt hög syra.

Blood oranges and dried herbs. A bit alcoholy. Elegant and light but a bit too much so.

cherry and dark fruit - little bit of mineral - silky - long finish

Chassignol 2011 : terrific, very concentrated and intense