Jay Kline

9.4

Premiere Mise is sourced from Yvon’s oldest vines from the Cercillon plot in Fleurie, another legendary "V.V." bottling. Only bottled “Beaujolais” because it's above 500m elevation and some dumb rules for the Fleurie AOC.

Poured into a decanter about an hour prior to service and enjoyed over the course of several hours. The 2023 “Premier Mis” pours a hazy, deep ruby with a translucent core; medium viscosity with light staining of the tears. The nose? Well…it’s sensational (with just enough funk to remind you this is Metras): gorgeous, lifted notes of red brambles, red plum, mixed flowers, licorice, a whiff of horse blanket, dried herbs and granitic earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. A stunning Metras; a wine you think about for days after. A totally awesome pairing with the roasted duck. Drink now through 2038? Thanks for the assist @Lyle Fass — 2 months ago

Brendan Powell

9.0

Smooth right bank goodness. With Matt S. — 3 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.0

This was delicious, and a winning blind for me. Having a baseline on the table definitely helped. Although less sweet and intense, I felt the JM Millot was in the same genre as the Métras, with similar texture, floral lift, minerality, and red fruit profile. It was the difference in fruit sweetness that gave it away as being from greater Burgundy, whereby Pinot Noir usually appears less sweet than Gamay to me. The village was definitely a lot harder to identify which made sense upon the reveal - when in doubt, it’s probably from one of the lesser communes (or Morey lol!). Fine, fresh, and energetic, I would have drank a lot more of it if not for the other wines on the table. Another to revisit. — 4 years ago

Fernando Robles

9.1

Sabor terso y delicado, semi seco — 5 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.2

This wine took us on ride. This opened yourhful and rich and began to show more vibrant crisp citrus. Once this came all the way to room temp, it began to show some red fruited rich character. Haven’t bought this before this vintage, but will do so koving forward. — 6 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.1

This had lots of red cherry, strawberry with fresh cut flowers & crushed. rock. — 6 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.7

Asamblea jorge baeza — 2 months ago

Rodolfo Coppel

9.4

Perrieres — a year ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Mesa comida con marie mugneret — a year ago

Angela Bulawski

10

Yum! Not a lot of acidity. Brought by Jim&Jess — 3 years ago

Alex Jones

Marketing/Development Kunni/Westerly Wines

9.0

Pretty delicious and a value in grand cru if that can exist. — 5 years ago

Bruce Gunther

9.1

Nice, full-bodied wine. Dry, with notes of mushroom and plum. — 6 years ago

William Szustak

9.8

How can this only be rated 7.9? Uncouth plebes... — 6 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Gala Dinner — 6 years ago

Jae Cho

9.1

Dark fruited and brooding - atypical for the village but delicious nonetheless. Not unlike a Oregon example. — 5 months ago

Russelton Handleberry

9.3

Sous bois, petals, light red fruit, tart cherries. Rigid acid but gentle tannins. Personality — a year ago

Spencer Dodd

9.2

Glorious Beauj raspberry strawberry. Very much Beauj but it also has an earthy not hidden in there. Elegantly balanced as well. Right when opened a lot was going on. It smells like stems. I like that. Another Beauj to go on the rotation for things to look for when it comes out. — 3 years ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.4

This is fantastic. Just dusted granite at first but following the fruit and pure country smells develop beautifully: dew on the trees, fresh picked berries, manure. Piercing tart cherry and sour, mashed, fermenting fruit, and floral scents. Then the palate has the sweetness of cherry candy. Anise. Nutmeg. Long flavors. Completely transparent, all the sediment has settled out. Just beautiful. This is how natural wine should be. — 5 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.5

Mag. So lifted and ethereal—strawberries, soil and sous bois glide across the palate. Not sure if it’s the producer or just the temps a’ changin’ but this is simply in a different register from most Beaujolais today — 5 years ago

Paul Weil

9.0

This Bordeaux is delicious, medium bodied with dusty mocha cherry flavors. — 6 years ago