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Domaine Mee Godard - Les Michelons 2018

Name: Domaine Mee Godard - Les Michelons 2018
Brand: Domaine Mee Godard
Rating: 3.9 (16 reviews)

Moulin-à-Vent|Red wine

3.9/5 (16 customers)

16/20

RVF

17/20

Jancis Robinson

Coup de Coeur

RVF

to cellar

material

favorite

" Favorite for this Beaujolais red wine with musky aromas: the 2018 Les Michelons cuvée from the Mee Godard estate in the Moulin-à-Vent appellation. Beneath its velvety appearance, the woodiness of the Moulin-à-Vent Les Michelons aging process tantalizes the nose with musky aromas. Its thick texture is supported by a vibrant effervescence that stimulates the taste buds. A cuvée to be cellared before serving." (La Revue du Vin de France - 2020)

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Estate

Domaine Mee Godard

Vintage

Les Michelons

Vintage

2018

Designation

Moulin-à-Vent

Region

Beaujolais

Grape varieties

100% Gamay

Terroirs

South/southwest-facing hillside plot at an altitude of 400m located in the northern part of the appellation. Decomposing pink granite soils in the Au Michelon locality, with vines averaging 50 years old.

Viticulture

Traditional Beaujolais style with a high planting density of 9,000-10,000 vines/ha, low goblet pruning, and partial grass cover.

Grape harvest

Manuals in 35 kg boxes

Wine making

Sorting upon harvest. Vinification through to blending is carried out by plot. Vinification lasts 17 days with partially destemmed grapes.

Livestock farming

Aged for 10 months in demi-muid and barrels

Alcohol content

13.5%

Eye

Ruby

Nose

Aromas of cherry, crushed strawberry, blueberry

Mouth

Delicate texture with supple tannins. The 2018 vintage was a generous and sunny year, producing grapes of excellent quality.

Serve

At 14-16°C

Drink before

2028

Food and wine pairings

Enjoy with game birds, poultry, rabbit with mustard...

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Bettane & Desseauve

Rated estate (2021 guide) 3 stars (High-quality production, serving as a benchmark in its sector)

About the estate:

COMMENTARY Retirement: 5 hectares in Morgon, in the most beautiful locations, Corcelettes, Grand Cras, and Côte de Py! That was in 2013. Since settling there, year in, year out, Mee Godard has been moving forward, progressing, and building. A hectare of Moulin-à-Vent here, a new building there, and wines that continue to improve. The Godard style is very pure wines, never sterile, airy but structured, which exude their origin. Add to that a richness that was perhaps lacking in her first vintages and which is the cornerstone of the superb 2017s. Everything is good at Godard, it's a shame there's so little of it!

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated estate (2020 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

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 (guide 2020) Favorite

Rated estate (2021 guide) 1*Star (Up-and-coming stars or quality winemakers producing good wines; you won't be disappointed when tasting the wines from these estates)

About wine:

Favorite Beaujolais red wine with musky aromas: the 2018 Les Michelons cuvée from the Mee Godard estate in the Moulin-à-Vent appellation.Beneath its velvety appearance, the woodiness of the Moulin-à-Vent Les Michelons aging process enhances the musky aromas on the nose. Its thick texture is supported by a vibrant effervescence that stimulates the taste buds. A cuvée to be cellared before serving.

About the estate:

A trained oenologist with no background in winemaking, Mee realized her dream in February 2013 when she took over the plots of a winemaker who had given up. Her small estate consists of very old vines in the best terroirs of Morgon (Corcelette, Grand Cras, Côte du Py). A Moulin-à-Vent cuvée was added to the range in 2016. With her free-spirited but well-defined wines, Mee Godard is going from strength to strength!

Jancis Robinson

Wine rated 17/20

Customer rating

3.9/5

based on 16 reviews

Review and opinion by Mr. FREDERIC B. Published on 02/01/2023

I expected better from a winemaker awarded by the magazine "Le Rouge & Le Blanc." The nose is marked by stewed prunes, and the palate seems to have already passed its peak.