Domaine Labruyère Moulin à Vent 2009

Name: Domaine Labruyère Moulin à Vent 2009
Brand: Labruyère Estate
Rating: 3.9 (32 reviews)

Moulin-à-Vent|Red wine

3.9/5 (32 customers)

Guide Hachette des Vins rating: 2**(Remarkable wine)+Coup de Coeur
Tasting notes: "The Prieur-Labruyère partnership has allowed Prieur's oenologist, Nadine Gublin, to show that she is as comfortable with Gamay as she is with Pinot. She applied her Burgundian methods to the Beaujolais grape variety by destemming the harvest, leaving it to ferment for a long time (21 days) and aging it for 14 months in barrels. The result is a remarkably rich and complex wine with a purple color, a nose of blackberry, blueberry and mocha, and a dense and elegant texture. Keep for five years and serve with rib of beef or game." (Le Guide Hachette des Vins 2012)

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Estate

Domaine Labruyère

Vintage

2009

Designation

Moulin-à-Vent

Region

Beaujolais

Grape varieties

100% Gamay

Terroirs

Champ de Cour, Clos du Carquelin, and Clos du Moulin (Monopole) plots

Viticulture

traditional

Grape harvest

manual

Wine making

in 50-hectoliter stainless steel and concrete tanks, maceration for 20 days, fermentation temperature of 28-30°C

Livestock farming

partly in vats and, for the most prestigious plots, in new oak barrels or barrels that have been used for one wine

Alcohol content

14%

Eye

beautiful purple dress

Nose

with delicious notes of blackberry, blueberry, and mocha

Mouth

a rich and complex wine, dense and elegant

Serve

at 14-16°C

Open

1 hour before

Drink from

2012

Drink before

2019

Food and wine pairings

Enjoy with a rib of beef, game...

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Bettane & Desseauve

Rated estate (2021 guide) 2 stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more consistent and uniform than the previous one)

About the estate:

The Labruyère estate is one of the oldest in the Moulin-à-Vent appellation. In 1850, Jean-Marie Labruyère, a winegrower, settled in Les Thorins, a hamlet in Romanèche-Thorins. Since then, successive generations have managed the estate's 10 hectares. During this period, the family acquired the appellation's only clos, the Clos du Moulin-à-Vent. In 2008, Édouard Labruyère took over the estate with the aim of raising it to the top of the appellation. Under the expertise of oenologist Nadine Gublin (also in charge of the Jacques Prieur estate and JM Labruyère champagnes), the estate has taken on a new dimension in recent vintages. The wines, which can sometimes be austere when first opened, demonstrate a depth and complexity that lives up to the ambitions set out a decade ago. Clos-du-Moulin-à-Vent holds its own, with a superb success in 2017.

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated estate (2022 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly recognized by the guide)

About the estate:

After making their fortune in retail, the Labruyères invested in wine, buying shares in Dom. Jacques Prieur in Meursault in 1988. Since 2008, they have also reconnected with their Beaujolais roots: an ancestor settled in Les Thorins in 1850, notably operating the renowned Clos du Moulin-à-Vent monopoly. Édouard Labruyère took over the property, keeping only the finest plots. The vineyard now covers 14 hectares.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

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

About the estate:

2018 is the finest vintage I have tasted to date from Domaine Labruyère. Not only was the Moulin-à-Vent finally spared by hail—which devastated the appellation in 2016 and 2017 — but the 2018s are the most integrated wines I have tasted from the estate to date, with their aging giving a much more discreet aromatic and structural contribution than was the case in previous vintages I have encountered. The winemaking at this estate is what is sometimes referred to as Burgundian: the grapes are destemmed and macerated for two to three weeks in concrete vats before being aged in barrels and demi-muids.

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

Rated estate (2022 guide) 1*Star (Up-and-coming stars or quality winemakers producing good-quality wines; you won't be disappointed when tasting the wines from these estates)

About the estate:

The Labruyère family has owned this château since 1850. Jean-Pierre Labruyère, who also owns the Jacques Prieur estate in Meursault and Château Rouget in Pomerol, handed over the reins to his son Édouard in 2008. The winery has been modernized and the estate expanded. In 2000, Clos du Moulin-à-Vent was added to the estate. Nadine Gublin is in charge of the cellar and Michel Rovere is in charge of the vineyards. The Burgundy-style vinification process (destemming followed by barrel aging) produces wines with full but smooth tannins that age beautifully.

Customer rating

3.9/5

based on 32 reviews

Note and opinion by Mr. FREDERIC B. Published on 11/15/2014

A rather surprising wine. I wouldn't say it's a Gamay, but it's rich, with a blackberry nose and a smooth, well-balanced palate. Is it a technical wine?