The best Beaujolais wines come from the ten Beaujolais Cru villages. Moulin-à-Vent is one of those and offers truly exciting and elementally pleasurable wines. Domaine Diochon’s 2020 Moulin-à-Vent Vieilles Vignes shows the beauty and potential of Moulin-à-Vent wines. Aromas of black cherry, plum, strawberry, violets and cinnamon spice fairly leap from the glass. The flavors are pure, bright and lively, with layers of luscious blackberry, strawberry and black cherry fruits underlain by hints of plum, graphite and spice. Diochon’s Moulin-à-Vent is delicious to sip on its own, it will also pair well with roasted chicken and many hearty fall menus.
Domaine Diochon, Moulin-à-Vent (Beaujolais, France) 2020
By Wayne Belding