About This Wine:
Winemaker Paul Cinquin knocked it out of the park in 2009 with this savory, supple and wonderfully complex Régnié. The Braves estate was founded in 1903 by Paul’s grandfather, and after many years of inheritance parceling, Paul has managed to cobble back together some 20+ acres of prime Régnié terroir, with a fine mix of sand and clay. This makes for Beaujolais with penetrating, lip- and tongue-staining color and gorgeous concentration. The seductive nose wraps summer and autumn into one—black raspberries and cherries blend with ripe plums and fall leaves/earthy notes. A rich and creamy delivers flavors of black cherries and more summer berry fruits, with suggestions of rose petals and lavender. 100% tank-made; unfined and unfiltered.
Ratings & Reviews
"Wine of the Week" - Los Angeles Time (6/24/2010):
"By all accounts, 2009 is a stupendous year for Beaujolais. Not for the nouveau sort, but for the Beaujolais village and cru wines that are made to hold up for more than a season. Domaine des Braves "Regnie" from Paul Cinquin is among the first of the 2009s to show up on the shelves, and it is flat-out delicious. Tasting of lush, dark berries, it shows an exquisite balance of ripeness to acidity and has a wonderful, velvety texture. It's impossible to drink just one glass.
Beaujolais is easygoing and works for lots of foods and occasions. It's just the kind of wine that would go with the rustic food at the Lazy Ox or District. At home, open a bottle or two and grill up some pork sausages or crepinettes of lamb. Break it out for a charcuterie and cheese spread, a roast chicken or chicken fricassee too." -S. Irene Virbila
2009 Red BurgundyBy Josh Raynolds of Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
"The
2009 red Burgundies are the wines most Americans thought they were
getting when they paid through the nose to snag the much-hyped 2005s
four years ago. After all, unless consumers had carefully read in-depth
early reports on the 2005s in publications like this one—as opposed to
making a Pavlovian response to raves about the vintage that began
literally before the grapes were picked—they were likely to have assumed
that a warm, sunny growing season had produced fleshy, fruity wines
with great richness and sex appeal."
"Two thousand nine, on the
other hand, is a splendid and alluring vintage from the get-go. These
wines are more heterogeneous in style than the 2005s, and less
powerfully structured as a rule, but the majority of wines from the top
producers I visit every year should provide pleasure to their lucky
owners pretty much throughout their lives in bottle."
"The
vintage at its best. The young 2009s range dramatically in style and
quality. The best are wonderfully silky, scented pinots, fully ripe but
not roasted, with a rare level of fleshiness and compelling sweetness of
fruit. I love their surprisingly fresh red fruit character. They will
likely be delicious on release, but they also appear to possess the
stuffing and phenolic ripeness for at least mid-term aging. The greatest
among them have the concentration of phenolic material and balance to
surprise with their longevity."
Read the full article at Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar:
http://www.wineaccess.com/expert/tanzer/article.html?content_id=68445Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (2007 vintage):"Cinquin’s 2007 Regnie displays a relatively light color that presages its caressing lightness of touch on the palate. Like a subtly salted blend of strawberry chiffon and nut paste, this is delightfully mouth-filling and refreshing, indeed is one of those wines you ought on no account to open without someone to share the contents or whisk it away before you drink the entire bottle." - David Schildknecht (8/2008)
