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2020 Moulin-à-Vent, La Rochelle, Olivier Merlin, Beaujolais
- Red
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Gamay
Not ready
- Neal Martin
- 88/100
- Allen Meadows
- 92/100
Product: 20208000688
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Description
The Merlins have a 0.95-hectare parcel at almost 300 metres’ altitude. This is from vines at the top, giving the most intense, spicy expression. It’s serious and brooding, slowly unfurling in the glass to reveal rich, unctuous berry fruit, white pepper and floral touches. The structure is firm; the tannins are refined, providing the foundation for ageing.
Drink 2025 - 2040
Berry Bros. & Rudd
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Alcohol % 14%
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Gamay
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Olivier Merlin
Critics reviews
Neal Martin 88/100
The 2020 Moulin-à-Vent La Rochelle was showing quite a bit of reduction on the nose that made it difficult to read. The palate is smooth on the entry with dark berry fruit, a touch of salinity, cohesive with a smooth finish.
Drink 2023 - 2028
Allen Meadows 92/100
100% whole clusters
This is also markedly floral with a plenitude of spice elements adding appeal to the ripe aromas of black cherry and ground pepper. The rich, concentrated and imposingly scaled flavours that possess not only a gorgeous mouthfeel but along solid power on the complex, balanced and very long finale. This moderately structured effort should both drink well young but also with up to a decade of keeping.
Drink from 2027 onward