Chateau des Moriers Moulin-a-Vent 2018
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| Management number | 253563324 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$20.00 | Model Number | 253563324 | ||
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Chateau des Moriers Moulin-a-Vent 2018 is a 100% Gamay from the lieu-dit Les Moriers, straddling the border of Fleurie and Moulin-a-Vent in northern Beaujolais. The estate's oldest vines are 65 years and older, planted in poor pink granite soils with sandy clay. The 2018 vintage delivered small, concentrated berries after a hot, dry summer that followed the most humid first quarter since 1964 — fruit ripened early and with intensity.
The wine is made using semi-carbonic vinification, with aging in old and new 400-liter barrels. Minimal sulfites are used, added only before bottling. The result is a structured, deep-fruited Moulin-a-Vent with the earthy depth and aging potential the appellation is known for — the 2018 scored 95/100 from James Suckling senior editor Stuart Pigott, who compared its aging curve to Gevrey-Chambertin.
Chateau des Moriers farms organically and has done so for generations, with a belief in regenerative agriculture. The estate sits on approximately 9 hectares of pink granite at the foot of La Brirette's slopes. Gilles Monrozier and his daughter Anne-Victoire ran the domaine through the 2018 vintage; the estate has been in the family since 1855.
Moulin-a-Vent is the most age-worthy of the ten Beaujolais crus. Its pink granite soils are threaded with manganese, which limits vine vigor, reduces yields, and concentrates flavor. With time, these wines undergo a process the French call 'pinoter' — developing a bouquet similar to aged Pinot Noir, with notes of truffle, musk, and forest floor layering over the initial black cherry and violet.
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