Chateau du Moulin-a-Vent Moulin-a-Vent 2011
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Slightly smoky, with dried cranberries, orange peel, strawberries and some savory, mossy fruit. A little rounder than the 2010, which was tasted alongside, with more generous red-berry fruit. Holding up nicely. Tasted in a vertical lineup of ten vintages in Hong Kong.
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This wine’s tense black fruit carries notes of mushrooms and moss, an umami character that brings to mind the understory of a forest. The flavors are full on and potent, with enough richness to match roast quail or other game.
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This wine is soft and rounded, ready to drink with its rich black-fruit character and fully integrated tannins. It holds a blend from five different parcels on the estate, ripe in berry fruits and fragrant with the wood aging. Acidity gives a lift at the end.
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Located in the southernmost tip of the Burgundy region, Moulin-à-Vent was one of the first appellations awarded AOC status in 1936. Chateau du Moulin-à-Vent, named for the 300-year-old stone windmill atop the hill of Les Thorins, dates back to 1732, when it was called Chateau des Thorins. Today, the estate encompasses 37 hectares (91.4 acres) of the appellation’s finest climats — Les Vérillats, Le Champ de Cour, La Rochelle — planted to Gamay Noir averaging 40 years in age. The underlying granite soil is rich in iron oxide, copper and manganese, which may account for the wines’ aging potential. Since 2009, under the new ownership of the Parinet family, investment in the winemaking facilities and the vineyards has resulted in plot-specific signature wines expressing the individual characteristics of each exceptional terroir.