Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

vintage 2020 | Delicious cherries impressions, well balanced, needs some aeration. Paired with a simple pasta zuchinni and olives at family weekend in De Betuwe. — 12 days ago

Erik Longabardi

9.3

Better then I thought it would taste — 2 months ago

Chris MacLean

9.1

More muscle than I expected for Fleurie but also quite fresh and long. Fruit in balance. Great value at $21. — 5 months ago

with Sarah

Peter Sultan

9.3

I started drinking Beaujolais several decades ago because it was cheap & farmers wine—true terroir, etc.. “Poor man’s Burgundy etc.. Lapierre Morgon was about 15-20$ then. Obviously times have changed as have prices. This all a wind up to when I find that aliveness again in Beaujolais, I perk up: here it is, in an aged, dark fruited Fleurie; the fruit is gorgeous, full, & dense; balanced acidity. From plots 60-90 yro, full on cassis & ribena. Aged Fleurie released late, & it’s wonderful. So for 32$- on sale around 26$-it’s a pretty, soulful creature. The reason why I got into Gamay. Plenty of sediment so decant. Savio Soares importer, who else? — 5 months ago

Carter White

9.3

Tart and juicy fruit that’s silky smooth. — 8 months ago

Andy Grout

8.9

This is a nice, light beaujolais that feels more like a 12% wine. Pleasant fruits and works well with mild flavoured food. — 6 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Made for duck. Delicious.

Yvon Metras is a 5th honorary member of “The (original) Gang of Four.”

This has glorious fruit entry. Berries, berries, berries, followed by earth and a granitic finish. Well balanced & wisely polished. — 18 days ago

Tom Nguyen

9.3

Great energy and fruit. Well balanced. Always a pleaser. — 2 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.0

N pretty pink roses. Cherry flowers.

P tart. Cherry. Sweet cherry fruit.

Mercer 23 22 btg — 5 months ago

Galen Hasler

9.0

Juicy “blue raspberry” fruit. Perennial favorite — 5 months ago

Daniel Bloom

8.9

‘22 must have been very good in parts of Beaujolais. Black fruits with Asian spices and souis bois ,a vaguely dark metallic quality on the nose, tilt the bowl and grapeyness rushes in. Refreshing acidity, not exceptionally long…but enough. Cleansing and and bright. Slightly perfumed on the palate with a lingering umami aftertaste. Pretty stuff.
$31 in Pennsylvania, then here comes a clearance sale, and it was $11!
The LCB in PA. makes no sense, favorably sometimes. — 6 months ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.4

This is fantastic. Just dusted granite at first but following the fruit and pure country smells develop beautifully: dew on the trees, fresh picked berries, manure. Piercing tart cherry and sour, mashed, fermenting fruit, and floral scents. Then the palate has the sweetness of cherry candy. Anise. Nutmeg. Long flavors. Completely transparent, all the sediment has settled out. Just beautiful. This is how natural wine should be. — 5 years ago

Casey Talbot

9.0

Rich and full-bodied, not sour, not tannic. — 6 years ago

romo

9.1

Burgundian. Pleasant and simple. - at Archer — 18 days ago

Chris Buggy

8.9

Blackberry jam, smooth finish — 7 hours ago

Todd Scurci

9.2

#fausto #gamay #magnum — 3 months ago

with Annie

Jay Kline

9.2

Leftovers from our 2nd Annual, “Bierock Bonaza: Let’s have some funza with Runza”.

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of three hours. The 2015 pours a deep ruby with a slightly purple tinge and a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of lightly stewed, spiced strawberry, ripe fig, and cherry lozenges, red flowers, green herbs, with a touch of leather, and a mix of organic and inorganic rocky earth. Just the faintest hint of mouse. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. The alcohol is also medium+. Delicious. Drink now through 2030.
— 5 months ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

This is a fun wine. Big, boisterous nose on this. Loads of granitic earthiness up-front and lots of very ripe dark cherry behind. Terrific whack of pure and rich Beaujolais sappy juiciness hits the palate quickly. It’s a little loose and sexy, which is a very good thing, but its open-knit nature lacks a little of the coiled core that would ensure aging. So I’d drink these sooner rather than later for their guilt-free sensory promiscuity. — 6 months ago

Nate Bowser

8.9

Picked this up a few months ago from the state store when I saw Louis Dressner. Seems different from the only other fleurie I’ve had. Lots of earth juice with raspberry. — 6 years ago

Katie Davis

9.0

Yum not to juicy but still very glug — 6 years ago