Moulin-à-Vent under scrutiny

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With rising prices in Burgundy, for land and for the wines, Beaujolais is becoming an ever-stronger magnet not just for Burgundians but for others from further afield, producers and consumers alike, as Jancis outlined in 2009 – the year of Beaujolais and Beaujolais 2009 – buy, buy! On the showing of this selection of wines from just two producers from Moulin-à-Vent, one of the more northerly of the 10 Beaujolais crus and said to be the longest lived and most concentrated, I believe the 2010 and 2011 vintages were as good as 2009 if not better, with a little more...