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92-93 WA.
"Despite what its name seems to imply, Jadot’s 2009 Moulin-a-Vent La Roche comes from a deep, clay-rich site (right by the famous windmill) though one that is located over a vein of quartzite. De Castelnau insists that wine from this site is normally “under wood” at this stage, but I find this example especially free of extraneous aromas much less roughness or drying from its new barrels. Bright red raspberry and currant; cardamom and nutmeg; musky peony and narcissus perfume; as well as a flattering hint of salted caramel inform a wine exhibiting a delicious counterpoint of richness and brightness; plushness and lift. This finishes with virtually vibratory intensity of interaction between fruit, spice, and pungent, saline, somehow seemingly crystalline minerality. What a tribute to its vintage, appellation, and producer this is, not to mention will be over the next . . . who can say, really, how many years!" Wine Advocate #190, Aug 2010 |