These notes are to accompany La Fleur Morange – the carpenter's wine, a profile of a rather interesting right-bank producer, Jean-François Julien, seen here in the younger of his two vineyards in St-Émilion. This complements my earlier set of tasting notes published in 2008. See also my review of the 2009 vintage, tasted en primeur in 2010. For other reviews of this wine (going back to 2000), search on Fleur Morange in our tasting notes database.
Deep crimson. Little sign of ageing. Rich and spicy on the nose...
Blackish ruby. Not that much nose. Round, polished tannins and...
Unlike the 2006 and 2007, this does not have an essay of several...
Very bright crimson – but look at that alcohol! Intensely...
Dark blackish crimson. This winemaker has not accepted that this...
