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Château des Jacques - Moulin-à-Vent Clos du Grand Carquelin 2015

Name: Château des Jacques - Moulin-à-Vent Clos du Grand Carquelin 2015
Brand: Château des Jacques
Rating: 4.3 (24 reviews)

Moulin-à-Vent|Red wine

4.3/5 (24 customers)

18,5/20

RVF

18/20

Bettane & Desseauve

“A perfect balance between concentration and finesse. Delicate, full-bodied, with refined tannins. An explosive finish and immense length. We prefer the Champ-de-Cour and La-Roche vintages.” (The Bettane & Desseauve Wine Guide) Particularly complex, the “Carquelin” is a refined and delicate wine. Charming, it is particularly lively in the glass. It pairs well with all delicate dishes and can age for several decades. A great wine!

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Estate

Château des Jacques

Vintage

Clos du Grand Carquelin

Vintage

2015

Designation

Moulin-à-Vent

Region

Beaujolais

Grape Varieties

100% Gamay

Regions

Just a few meters from the windmill and La Roche, facing slightly more toward the south, the Clos du Grand Carquelin stands out with a very different character. Here, too, granitic sands predominate, but they are slightly clayier and deeper (60 cm).

Viticulture

Reasoned

Grape Harvest

Hand-picked in small crates

Wine Production

Slow maceration lasting three to four weeks; fermentation with natural yeasts; regular punching down or pumping over

Livestock Farming

10 months in oak barrels that have held one, two, or nine wines, with the wood sourced from the forests of Nivernais, Limousin, and Allier

Eye

A very attractive deep garnet color with brilliant highlights

Nose

Very expressive, with dominant notes of violet and wilted rose, along with ripe black berries

Palate

Particularly complex, the "Carquelin" is a refined and delicate wine. Charming, it is especially lively in the glass.

Serve

Decant at 15°C

Open

1 hour before

Drink before

2030

Guard

Its lifespan is several decades

Food and Wine Pairings

Pairs well with all kinds of delicacies, such as thrushes stuffed with foie gras, roasted wood pigeons with raisins, quail in red wine, roasted capon, pigeons with peas, roasted veal loin, veal kidneys in Cognac, veal liver, Saint Marcellin cheese, lamb tagine with dried apricots, and hare terrine

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Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated 18/20 (Benchmark wine)

Rated estate (2021 guide): 4*Stars (Producers of the very highest quality, the pride of French viticulture)

About the wine:

A perfect balance between concentration and finesse. Delicate, full-bodied, with refined tannins. An explosive finish and immense length. We particularly prefer the Champ-de-Cour and La-Roche vintages.

About the estate:

The estate, owned by Louis Jadot of Beaune but managed independently, has grown significantly since its acquisition in 1996. The vineyard spans 90 hectares, primarily consisting of Moulin-à-Vent, a variety in which the estate is a leading specialist. It owns plots in the finest areas, such as Rochegrès, La Roche, Carquelins, and, more recently, La Rochelle. Cyril Chirouze continues the tradition of excellence established more than fifteen years ago.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated estate (2022 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker—The Wine Advocate)

About the estate:

Is the 2018 vintage the finest wine produced to date at Château des Jacques under Jadot’s leadership? That is certainly the question I asked myself while tasting these new releases, and Cyril Chirouze and his team deserve the warmest praise for what they have accomplished. When Jadot acquired this vast historic estate in 1996, the winemaking process was reimagined with a Burgundian focus, introducing destemming, long macerations, new oak, and extended aging. To my palate, the oaky component of the wines was sometimes too pronounced, even with bottle aging; and that is why these 2018s stand out: they are quite simply the best-integrated wines I have tasted from Château des Jacques between 1996 and today. Deep, concentrated, and elegantly robust—after all, 2018 was a hot year—these are serious wines, built for cellaring, and I am truly very optimistic about their future. All the wines reviewed here come highly recommended.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide to the Best Wines of France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Wine rated (2018 guide) 18,5/20 (Great wine)

Rated Estate (2022 Guide) 2*Stars (These exceptional estates, often boasting fabulous terroirs, are must-haves that, thanks to the consistency and excellence of their wines, deserve a place in the cellars of discerning wine lovers)

About the wine:

A crystalline, mineral note brings the nose back into focus and lends it greater depth. The palate is just as precise, offering great richness and opulence without being excessive. The wine remains well-structured, with fruit of exemplary freshness.

About the estate:

Since its acquisition in 1996 by the Beaune-based Louis Jadot, the estate has fully embraced its identity, and “Les Jacques” has emerged as a model of a Beaujolais wine with aging potential, while continuing to draw on Burgundian methods. Following the era of Guillaume de Castelnau (director from 2000 to 2014), Pierre-Henri Gagey handed the reins back to Cyril Chirouze in 2016—an agricultural engineer and oenologist who had previously worked as a winemaker there from 2007 to 2013. The single-vineyard wines require a minimum of five years of aging to fully express the character of their terroir. It is clear that the transition to organic farming and the construction of the new winery have marked a new milestone in the definition of these wines. We will be following this progress closely.

Customer Rating

4.3/5

based on 24 reviews