Chateau des Jacques Moulin-a-Vent Clos de Rochegres 2003

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2003

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750ML

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"If you turned up the magnification on a Moulin-a-Vent from a less extreme vintage, supercharged the fruit and deepened the extract, you might end up with something like this powerful 2003. Suprisingly fresh for all its dense, rich blackberry and black cherry flavor, there's a pretty wine behind the velvet curtain of tannin. And that brightness is the key to its ageworthy stature. Drink 2008-12.
-Wines & Spirits

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Chateau des Jacques
Chateau des Jacques - Louis Jadot, France
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The historic Château des Jacques estate, located in the village of Romanèche-Thorins in the Moulin-à-Vent appellation, is widely recognized as the most prestigious estate in Beaujolais. It was purchased by Louis Jadot in 1996, at which time Maison Louis Jadot became the first Burgundy house to own a major Beaujolais vineyard. In 2001, Louis Jadot bought another well-located vineyard in Morgon. In 2008, both vineyards, which were under the same management, were regrouped under one identity: the Château des Jacques Estates. Château des Jacques’ practices have been attributed with revolutionizing the winemaking of Beaujolais. They have notably raised the bar, applying Burgundian methods of winemaking that were once traditional in the region. These include long macerations of one month, with pump-overs, to extract color, aroma and tannins from the fruit, as opposed to the regional norm of 10- to 12-day macerations. Wild yeasts are used for fermentation, and this is extended longer than is typical in Beaujolais. Aging in oak barrels is also unusual for the area; Château des Jacques’ wines are barrel aged for 10 months to lend complexity to the wines. The chateau's barrel cellar proves that its Beaujolais wines have always been vinified like wine from the Côte D’Or. These processes create wines that can take decades of bottle aging.
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YNG234224_2003 Item# 85725

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