Vacation wine: 2019 Yohan Lardy MaV VV de 1903

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OK, here we go. Blind I would have guessed an old vine Georges Descombes VV cuvee, probably Fleurie (by the way his wines have disappeared from Seattle, quite sadly). Also picks up some of that VV woodiness in the Lapierre and Foillard cuvees speciales, which I don’t love there, but do here. Also Roilette seems a cousin.

In all ways an excellent Beaujolais, bringing together that gluglu with all sorts of minerally, juicy complex sophistication while staying light on its feet a pretty appealing mix. Gone as fast as the Mme and I ever polish off a bottle. This might be the first wine I’ve had by Yohan and I’m super impressed this is top tier.
 
Traditional winemaking at its best and appears young Yohan has avoided the naturelle temptations of many of his peers.
 
originally posted by BJ:
Traditional winemaking at its best and appears young Yohan has avoided the naturelle temptations of many of his peers.
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I sort of think of this as the MaV version of Desvignes.

BTW, Shawn Mead is starting a distributorship that will be representing LDM in WA state, so I expect that Descombes will have better availability soon. However, I don't find Lardy stylistically that similar to Descombes. I find Descombes and Foillard to be very similar.
 
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by BJ:
Traditional winemaking at its best and appears young Yohan has avoided the naturelle temptations of many of his peers.
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I sort of think of this as the MaV version of Desvignes.

BTW, Shawn Mead is starting a distributorship that will be representing LDM in WA state, so I expect that Descombes will have better availability soon. However, I don't find Lardy stylistically that similar to Descombes. I find Descombes and Foillard to be very similar.
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That's interesting. I had this wine once and liked it in a glou glou way, but didn't think it would age. But you have substantial experience, VLM, so I may squirrel some away and find out.
 
Huh, I wouldn't compare this to Desvignes at all...but maybe Lardy vinifies this cuvee differently? Keep in mind I'm working off a sample size of one.

I personally would age this, but it's so good I would drink now. It doesn't seem like something that would shut down.

Great news about Shawn, I hadn't heard that. L/D does have distribution currently, but not as exuberantly as in the Triage era. Perhaps L/D wasn't that happy with it.
 
originally posted by BJ:
Huh, I wouldn't compare this to Desvignes at all...but maybe Lardy vinifies this cuvee differently? Keep in mind I'm working off a sample size of one.

I personally would age this, but it's so good I would drink now. It doesn't seem like something that would shut down.

Great news about Shawn, I hadn't heard that. L/D does have distribution currently, but not as exuberantly as in the Triage era. Perhaps L/D wasn't that happy with it.
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I didn’t think anyone had LD currently, at least not in any meaningful way. There may be a little trickling into seattle, but none to points north. Looking forward to Shawn starting to get them back in the state.

As an aside, as Ive been depleting my reserves of LD favorites like Roally and Peillot and wanting to re-up on current releases, I’m finding them mostly absent in the market. I feel like these wines used to be pretty ubiquitous in the places I shopped. Anyone know if that is an increase in demand or a decrease in amounts being imported?
 
originally posted by Brian C:
originally posted by BJ:
Huh, I wouldn't compare this to Desvignes at all...but maybe Lardy vinifies this cuvee differently? Keep in mind I'm working off a sample size of one.

I personally would age this, but it's so good I would drink now. It doesn't seem like something that would shut down.

Great news about Shawn, I hadn't heard that. L/D does have distribution currently, but not as exuberantly as in the Triage era. Perhaps L/D wasn't that happy with it.
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As an aside, as Ive been depleting my reserves of LD favorites like Roally and Peillot and wanting to re-up on current releases, I’m finding them mostly absent in the market. I feel like these wines used to be pretty ubiquitous in the places I shopped. Anyone know if that is an increase in demand or a decrease in amounts being imported?
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I expect it's a combination of some skinny vintages and increased demand. But I don't know for certain.
 
originally posted by Brian C:
originally posted by BJ:
Huh, I wouldn't compare this to Desvignes at all...but maybe Lardy vinifies this cuvee differently? Keep in mind I'm working off a sample size of one.

I personally would age this, but it's so good I would drink now. It doesn't seem like something that would shut down.

Great news about Shawn, I hadn't heard that. L/D does have distribution currently, but not as exuberantly as in the Triage era. Perhaps L/D wasn't that happy with it.
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I didn’t think anyone had LD currently, at least not in any meaningful way. There may be a little trickling into seattle, but none to points north. Looking forward to Shawn starting to get them back in the state.

As an aside, as Ive been depleting my reserves of LD favorites like Roally and Peillot and wanting to re-up on current releases, I’m finding them mostly absent in the market. I feel like these wines used to be pretty ubiquitous in the places I shopped. Anyone know if that is an increase in demand or a decrease in amounts being imported?
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if you're talking about the washington market, i would think that it would be due their rather protracted absence. it's been quite a while since they left bianco rosso which was the last time they were meaningfully marketed in washington.
 
originally posted by robert ames:

if you're talking about the washington market, i would think that it would be due their rather protracted absence. it's been quite a while since they left bianco rosso which was the last time they were meaningfully marketed in washington.
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Thanks Robert, I was aware of lack of distribution in WA, but was noticing searching nationally. Neither of those producers strike me as especially hip or trending.
 
originally posted by BJ:
Huh, I wouldn't compare this to Desvignes at all...but maybe Lardy vinifies this cuvee differently? Keep in mind I'm working off a sample size of one.

I personally would age this, but it's so good I would drink now. It doesn't seem like something that would shut down.

Great news about Shawn, I hadn't heard that. L/D does have distribution currently, but not as exuberantly as in the Triage era. Perhaps L/D wasn't that happy with it.
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Interesting, I would describe it as glou-glou but I haven't had the 2019 yet (the last I had was 2017). It's not quite Desvignes (it is MaV) but I think of it as a more Burgundian élévage without knowing exactly. It isn't like Jean-Paul's MaV or like Diochon, it's fleshier than J-P and not as rustic as Diochon. I won't claim to be an expert as I don't drink as much Beaujolais as I used to.
 
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by BJ:
Traditional winemaking at its best and appears young Yohan has avoided the naturelle temptations of many of his peers.
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I sort of think of this as the MaV version of Desvignes.

BTW, Shawn Mead is starting a distributorship that will be representing LDM in WA state, so I expect that Descombes will have better availability soon. However, I don't find Lardy stylistically that similar to Descombes. I find Descombes and Foillard to be very similar.
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That's interesting. I had this wine once and liked it in a glou glou way, but didn't think it would age. But you have substantial experience, VLM, so I may squirrel some away and find out.
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I wouldn't take my word for it, I don't really consider myself much of a Beaujolais expert these days. I've found previous iterations a bit structured (but not un-fruited).
 
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by BJ:
Huh, I wouldn't compare this to Desvignes at all...but maybe Lardy vinifies this cuvee differently? Keep in mind I'm working off a sample size of one.

I personally would age this, but it's so good I would drink now. It doesn't seem like something that would shut down.

Great news about Shawn, I hadn't heard that. L/D does have distribution currently, but not as exuberantly as in the Triage era. Perhaps L/D wasn't that happy with it.
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Interesting, I would describe it as glou-glou but I haven't had the 2019 yet (the last I had was 2017). It's not quite Desvignes (it is MaV) but I think of it as a more Burgundian élévage without knowing exactly. It isn't like Jean-Paul's MaV or like Diochon, it's fleshier than J-P and not as rustic as Diochon. I won't claim to be an expert as I don't drink as much Beaujolais as I used to.
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I can't imagine using Desvignes and glou glou in the same sentence. Absolutely the least glou glou Beaujolais. Une autre chose as they say.
 
originally posted by BJ:
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by BJ:
Huh, I wouldn't compare this to Desvignes at all...but maybe Lardy vinifies this cuvee differently? Keep in mind I'm working off a sample size of one.

I personally would age this, but it's so good I would drink now. It doesn't seem like something that would shut down.

Great news about Shawn, I hadn't heard that. L/D does have distribution currently, but not as exuberantly as in the Triage era. Perhaps L/D wasn't that happy with it.
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Interesting, I would describe it as glou-glou but I haven't had the 2019 yet (the last I had was 2017). It's not quite Desvignes (it is MaV) but I think of it as a more Burgundian élévage without knowing exactly. It isn't like Jean-Paul's MaV or like Diochon, it's fleshier than J-P and not as rustic as Diochon. I won't claim to be an expert as I don't drink as much Beaujolais as I used to.
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I can't imagine using Desvignes and glou glou in the same sentence. Absolutely the least glou glou Beaujolais. Une autre chose as they say.
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Sorry, it should be "I wouldn't describe it as glou-glou" above. The St. Vincent cuvée from Desvignes is sort of glou.
 
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