This deeply purple-colored 2009 Beaujolais Vieilles Vignes is irresistibly loaded with cassis, dark cherry, and blueberry; offers an expansive, polished, soothing but refreshing mouthful; and finishes accented with snappy, tart fruit skin edge, salt, and chalk. It will remain a delight for at least the next couple of years. Cedric Vincent - a consistent performer in Beaujolais's chalk-clay dominated south - bottles just one red non-nouveau cuvee from this tiny estate in Pouilly Le Monial, and does so unfiltered for the U.S. He points out that the flint content in several of his parcels and their high stone content everywhere might help explain the distinctiveness of his wines. Vincent de-stems part of his fruit to permit a longer fermentative extraction without incurring bitterness.
89 points - The Wine Advocate (August 2010)
Vivid ruby. Lively red fruits and flowers on the nose, with a hint of pungent herbs adding complexity. Sappy, slightly hard-edged redcurrant and bitter cherry flavors put on weight with air and pick up a smoky quality. Shows good depth for a ?simple? Beaujolais and finishes with very good clarity and spicy persistence.
88 points - Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (February 2011)
It’s what you get when you take a good village level terroir and work it as you would a grand cru. If you haven’t tasted Vincent’s, you don’t know how good an A.O.C. Beaujolais can be.
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