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Bt (750ml)
Stock Location: HK
Tasting note
Tasted as an approximation to its eventual assemblage, and issuing 80% from Romaneche, 20% from Chenas, Desjourneys’s 2010 Moulin-a-Vent joins palpable tannin to a slightly austere stoniness; although concentrated, subtly tart and bitter dark berries are present in spades, along with smoked meats, all leading to a bright, vibrant finish in which the fresh fruit is set off against the wine’s stony, peaty backdrop and incisively tinged with berry seeds and black pepper. I shall wait to be convinced by its further evolution whether or not this harbors a bit more tannin than is ultimately in its interest. But I wouldn’t doubt that it will stay healthy for at least half a dozen years.
Score: 90-91
David Schildknecht, The Wine Advocate, August 2011
Bt (750ml)
Stock Location: HK
Tasting note
Tasted as an approximation to its eventual assemblage, and issuing 80% from Romaneche, 20% from Chenas, Desjourneys’s 2010 Moulin-a-Vent joins palpable tannin to a slightly austere stoniness; although concentrated, subtly tart and bitter dark berries are present in spades, along with smoked meats, all leading to a bright, vibrant finish in which the fresh fruit is set off against the wine’s stony, peaty backdrop and incisively tinged with berry seeds and black pepper. I shall wait to be convinced by its further evolution whether or not this harbors a bit more tannin than is ultimately in its interest. But I wouldn’t doubt that it will stay healthy for at least half a dozen years.
Score: 90-91
David Schildknecht, The Wine Advocate, August 2011