2020 Moulin-à-Vent, Les Rouchaux, Louis Boillot, Beaujolais

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Description

From one hectare on pink granite, this is always quite structured for a wine of its type. It’s muscular and serious. The drought produced a small 20hl/ha, giving very ripe fruit. The wine has a rich summer-pudding bouquet. The palate is serious and mineral, with a little smokiness. The finish is about granite and acidity, both splendidly intense.

Drink 2023 - 2030

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Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2020

Alcohol % 13%

Maturity Not ready

Grape List Gamay

Body Medium Bodied

Producer Louis Boillot

Critics reviews

Neal Martin 89-91/100

The 2020 Moulin-à-Vent Les Rouchaux has a pretty violet and rose petal-scented bouquet with more delineation and complexity than the Vieilles Vignes. The palate is sweet and fleshy at the entry, with Morello cherries and orange sorbet and quite peppery towards the finish. This is a delicious and generous Moulin-à-Vent that should age well in bottle.

Drink 2024 - 2034

Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Dec 2021)

Jasper Morris MW 90-91/100

Fine, fresh purple. The bouquet is more refined than the Vieilles Vignes, even with a suggestion of a future pinot character, as can happen with this appellation. The Rouchaux cuvée is ripely delicious, with fine tannins, while just at the finish, the Gamay profile reasserts. Surprisingly and pleasingly long.

Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy (Nov 2021)

About this wine

Moulin-à-Vent

Located within the Beaujolais region of France, Moulin-à-Vent is known for producing robust and age-worthy red wines made from the Gamay grape variety. The region's unique terroir, characterised by granite soils and a cooler climate, imparts distinctive mineral and floral notes to the wines. The wines are often described as having a rich, full-bodied character with firm tannins and excellent ageing potential.

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