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Domaine Anita Moulin-a-Vent Tres Vieille Vigne 2020

Domaine Anita Moulin-a-Vent Tres Vieille Vigne 2020

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Anita Kuhnel came to wine sideways, professional cycling first, vines second, and took over these 18 hectares in 2015 to build her own domaine. This cuvée comes off a 65-year-old planting low on the slope at 240 meters in Les Caves, decomposing granite streaked with manganese, and it drinks like it: deep purple, very ripe black fruit, a wave of spice, and a material that genuinely envelops the mid-palate before a rounded finish. The tannins are heady rather than lean. This is the powerful side of Gamay, not the pretty one.

Winemaker Notes

Anita produces this cuvée from a 65-year-old planting on a lower part of the slope (240 meters altitude) in Les Caves in soils of decomposing granite with streaks of manganese. If the “Reine de Nuit” offers a certain lifted elegance, “Tres Vieille Vigne” harnesses the power and sap these old vines are capable of. To that end, Anita ages 25% of the blend in used Burgundy barrels, extending the elevage to ten months—a regimen which underlines the Pinot Noir-like qualities of this site even more clearly than the “Reine de Nuit.” A heady overlay of savory spice calls to mind great Morey-Saint-Denis, and its dark-cast fruit is dense but not overdone.

Details

Wine Type
Red
Producer
Domaine Anita
Country
France
Region
Beaujolais
Appellation
Moulin-a-Vent
Grape
Gamay

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