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16¾/20
Villa Ponciago Fleurie la Réserve 2014
Fleurie, Beaujolais Villages, Beaujolais, Burgundy, FranceThe dream 2014 vintage explains why this pretty Fleurie La Réserve is so youthful, well-fruited and structured. It’s drinking perfectly now, displaying violets, cherries, baking spices and the sweet smell of granite. Juicy with abundant granitic acidity, the flavours express dark red and blue fruit beautifully complemented with a whisper of subtle oak. Just shy of medium weight, modest grippy tannins sit on the light side but feel soft, ripe and meltingly integrated plush fruit. Unlike much gamay in Beaujolais, this wine is not made using carbonic maceration but rather vinified in tiny parcels – some as whole bunches and some not - before a lengthy cool fermentation. A few lots see small oak barrels (1 to 4 years old) to enrich the silky, velvety texture. Stylish, sophisticated and confidently sporting a mauve label, it personifies the ‘Fleurie’ name. Villa Ponciago (pon-see-AH-go) is a thousand-year-old domain and one of the ten cru villages on the granitic hill that forms the heart of the Beaujolais appellation. Villa Ponciago, owned by champagne house Henriot, has been climbing in quality and finesse; low yields of 35 hl/ha and vines that are up to 80 years of age is part of the quality equation. 2014 is still the current release in BC, but try the next vintage when it appears on our shelves. Pair with pork rillettes, a veal braise, or you can even put to work with seared salmon.Tasted: 16 November 2020Tasted by: DJ KearneyPrices:| BC | $25.00 | 750ml | select private retailers |
Grape: Gamay NoirCSPC: 780007
