Fernand Coudert - Fleurie Clos de La Roilette Tardive 2023

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100% Gamay. From the oldest vines,which are from 80 years on up, on heavy clay soils with relatively little granite and quite a lot of the iron-like mineral manganese. "Tardive" does not mean that the harvest is late, as is commonly believed, but rather is a reference to the wine's ability and need to age for years. The farming is sustainable or lutte raisonnée. All vineyard work is by hand, with the soils worked only superficially, at most twice per year, to protect the roots of these old vines. Vinification is traditional, semi-carbonic Beaujolais style. The whole clusters are harvested by hand and fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in open-top concrete tank. Maceration lasts around 18 days for Tardive, with a submerged cap rather than punchdowns. Sulfur use is quite minimal. The wine is aged in large, old oak foudres for about 9 months before bottling.

The 2023 Cuvée Tardive from Alain Coudert is an excellent wine in the making, albeit a touch riper than in many vintages, as it tips the scales at a full fourteen percent in this vintage. The bouquet is deep, sappy and still youthfully primary, offering up scents of black cherries, dark berries, fresh thyme, woodsmoke, pigeon, dark soil tones and a topnote of peonies. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, focused and deep to the core, with good soil signature, ripe tannins and fine balance on the long, poised and promising young finish. This will need some extended cellaring as well before it starts to drink with generosity, but it will be lovely once it is ready to drink. 

 

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Price: $35.99

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Producer	Fernand Coudert
Country	France
Region	Beaujolais
Subregion	Fleurie
Varietal	Gamay
Vintage	2023
Sku	22105
Size	750ml