2013 Morgon Passerelle 577
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Bright ruby. Vibrant black raspberry, potpourri and dusty minerals on the highly perfumed, sharply focused nose. Juicy and appealingly sweet, offering incisive raspberry and floral pastille flavors, a touch of star anise and a velvety texture. Finishes minerally and very long, featuring harmonious tannins and a clinging note of candied lavender.
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Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com
Josh Raynolds
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100% Gamay from a selection of the plot situated on the lieu-dit Côte du Py, on roches bleues soil, slopes facing south west. Vine density of 4,500-5,000 vines/acre, gobelet pruning and an average age of 65 years. Hand-worked viticulture and harvested in small crates. Vinified in a concrete tank and in a stainless-steel tank and aged separately before blending. Wine making lasted 14 days. Aged in barrels, wooden tank and demi-muids for 19 months and two months in a tank. Bottled 18 June 2015. If Beaujolais can be – relatively – swarthy and brooding, then the Passerelle is just that. Black pepper and crushed cherries, blueberry notes with a strike of smoky chipotle chilli, and dark wintery earth. The tannins are accurately matched to this density of flavour: guarded, gravelly, dry. Complex, serious and not ready. (TC)