Wine Reviews

Voluminous and full-bodied, this Moulin-à-Vent offers resonant aromas of cherry leather and dried currant. Flavors of Darjeeling, lavender and fresh tarragon are marbled throughout its core of fruit, which is supple and chewy on the palate. A kiss of sandalwood lends a vein of sweet spices to the long finish.

Opening beautifully with extra time in bottle, this Moulin-à-Vent is generous, with aromas of dried red currant and cherry preserves, while sandalwood lends sweet spice notes alongside warm earth and brown bread savoriness. Plush yet well-delineated on the palate, this is a broad-shouldered expression, with ample depth and poise.

The 2023 Moulin-à-Vent is more forward and cherry-flavored than the Morgon, featuring notes of maraschino and Morello cherries, though perhaps this doesn’t have the same degree of complexity. The palate is ripe on the entry, quite sweet and fleshy…

A well-made, dense and flavorful red with red cherries, red berries and warm spices on the nose, following through to a medium body with fresh acidity and fine tannins. Lively and peppery, with a vibrant and persistent finish. Drink or hold.

With its fine, intense violet color, the 2023 Moulin-à-Vent is the estate’s flag-bearer, blended from its eight great terroirs. The nose is precise and sappy, already showing the style of the estate. There is extreme ripeness of fruit here, amplitude, tremendous charm, and very certainly one of the highest levels of concentration in Moulin-à-Vent in 2023. On the palate, it is rich, full-bodied, and sappy, propped up by rich and numerous tannins and magnified by a rare silkiness, a unique impression, for a wine of very high style and real inspiration. Drink within 10 years. Drink 2026-2036.