2015 Côte de Brouilly, Jean-Claude Lapalu, Beaujolais

2015 Côte de Brouilly, Jean-Claude Lapalu, Beaujolais

With fantastic purity yet density of fruit on the nose, an impressive tannic structure and excellent freshness, this is a remarkable wine for the price. It's got oodles of texture and density: somehow at once opulent and hedonistic as well complex and fresh. Already pure pleasure, this will develop and blossom into an incredible wine.

Critic score
93/100 info

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Wine details

  • Region & country
    Côte-de-Brouilly, Cru Beaujolais, Beaujolais, France
  • Grape
    Gamay
  • Maturity
    Ready 2017 - 2026info
  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    14%

Tasting notes

The 2015 Cote de Brouilly, which normally is a little more austere than Lapalu's other cuvées due to the terroir, has wonderful blackberry and cassis scents on the nose that is very pure and yes, a little austere. The palate is very precise, packed to the rafters with pure dark cherry and cassis fruit, its core of sweetness offset by the firm structure and the keen line of acidity. Mineral driven right to the finish, this will be a fabulous Côte de Brouilly to savor over the next decade.

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
93/100

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