2018 Moulin-à-Vent

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Burgundy

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Gamay

Vintages
Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2020 - 2022

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Drouhin-Laroze is a Gevrey estate that I have visited for many years, an address undergoing an overhaul in winemaking practice since Caroline and Nicolas Drouhin took over the running. Once accused of smothering an enviable array of holdings with what seemed at times to be excessive extraction and over-zealous use of new oak, Drouhin-Laroze’s winemaking now sees far less intervention, whole cluster addition and God forbid, a cuvée with SO2. They are more proactive in terms of marketing the domaine and oversee a very useful and informative newsletter that is well worth picking up if you want to know the minutiae of the domaine. “In the beginning we thought we would have a really full-bodied vintage," Caroline Drouhin told me, "but now I think the freshness is coming and the wines are well balanced except appellations such as Chapelle-Chambertin that I find a little more full-bodied than usual." They cite three factors that nudged the bunches towards phenolic maturity: light coulure, some green harvesting and leaf-plucking. "We picked from 1 to 12 September," Caroline Drouhin continued. "The vinification was normal and we are using whole clusters, around 25% to 30% for the Grand Crus [see tasting notes for exact details]" The range is expanded with their négociant labels under "Laroze de Drouhin" that now extends down to Beaujolais and the aforementioned SO2-free Gevrey-Chambertin that unfortunately completely occludes the terroir expression. Give me the excellent Village Cru with a splash of SO2 any day of the week! I asked Drouhin for her opinions on the wines... "Gevrey-Chambertin La Crepiot is a very nice surprise and I think we have a great Latricières-Chambertin. Generally the 2018s are better that we thought. The alcohol is between 12.6% and 14%. We will rack the first wines at the end of December and start bottling at the end of January, then another racking with another bottling at the end of February/March when the weather is cold."