We are delighted to offer what can only be described as a simply outstanding value Fleurie from Coudert Pere et Fils.
Coudert is improving with every vintage bottled and the 2018 feels like a watershed vintage. Rising prices in Burgundy and ever improving aforementioned quality makes for a compelling case - more Cru Beaujolais should be drunk!
William Kelley, Burgundy correspondent at the Wine Advocate agrees, awarding the 2018 Fleurie a whopping 95 points! At under £20 on the table, this is a wine not to be missed.
2018 Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Cuvee Tardive
£159 per 12 bottles in bond
£175 per 6 magnums in bond
95 Points (Wine Advocate)
Coudert's brilliant 2018 Fleurie Cuvée Tardive offers up a deep and incipiently complex bouquet featuring raspberries, mulberries, rose petals, violets and cracked black pepper. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, deep and layered, with an abundance of rich and powdery structuring tannins, ripe but lively acids and a long,lingering finish. While this is built for the long haul—its name alluding to the aging potential of this old-vine cuvée, not to a later harvest—its enveloping profile and perfectly mature phenolics will make it unusually approachable in its youth.
William Kelley - 30 August 2019