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Tasting notes
Score 91/100 · Drink 2021-2026, Josh Raynolds, Oct 2019

Deep ruby. Deeply perfumed cherry and dark berry qualities on the spice- and mineral-tinged nose. Chewy and focused on the palate, offering ripe boysenberry, cherry and floral pastille flavors and a touch of musky licorice. Finishes youthfully tannic and long, leaving behind sappy blue fruit, earth and spicecake notes.

Critic scores

Critic scores
93
93/100

Average Score

94
94/100

William Kelley, Wine Advocate

91
91/100

Josh Raynolds

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94 points
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
Score 94/100 · Drink 2018-2028, William Kelley, Wine Advocate, Sep 2018

Produced from very old vines, the 2017 Brouilly Cuvée des Fous is wonderful, unfurling in the glass with notes of ripe cherries, candied peel, blood orange and raspberries. On the palate, it’s full-bodied, richly tannic and pure, with considerable concentration, depth and dimension, concluding with a long, youthfully chewy finish. This is the most multifaceted and incipiently complex of Lapalu’s wines.

94 points
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
Score 94/100 · William Kelley, Wine Advocate

Produced from very old vines, the 2017 Brouilly Cuvee des Fous is wonderful, unfurling in the glass with notes of ripe cherries, candied peel, blood orange and raspberries. On the palate, it’s full-bodied, richly tannic and pure, with considerable concentration, depth and dimension, concluding with a long, youthfully chewy finish. This is the most multifaceted and incipiently complex of Lapalu’s wines. Sep 2018, www.robertparker.com

About the producer

Jean-Claude Lapalu
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Grape Blend

Gamay

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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