Château du Moulin-à-Vent, Moulin-à-Vent (Beaujolais, Burgundy) 2012

Sep 4, 2014

By Michael Apstein

Ever since the Parinet family purchased this iconic property in 2009, they have been making marvelous wine.  They focus solely on wine from Moulin-à-Vent, one of the top crus of Beaujolais.  Moulin-à-Vent is home to well-structured rich wines that often need years of bottle age — these wines are as far away from insipidly fruity Beaujolais-Nouveau as you can get.  Their Couvent des Thorins is the most accessible and approachable of their wines.  Still, it is not the grapey, easy-to-gulp type of Beaujolais.  Rather, it has a firmness that implies a serious wine — which it is.  You can almost taste the granitic soil.  It would be an excellent choice for coq au vin this fall.

Country / Region

Beaujolais, Burgundy

Appellation

Moulin-à-Vent

Grape Variety

Color

Red

Vintage

2012

Score

88

Price

US $ 28.00

Producer

Château du Moulin-à-Vent