Tasting Notes

WA90

The 2015 Fleurie Abbaye Road from Marc Delienne was aged in a combination of Stockinger foudres and old barrels. Its bouquet reveals aromas of ripe cherry and raspberry with top notes of dusky violet and wood smoke and just a touch of volatility too. On the palate, the wine is a bit more tight-knit and structured than the Avalanche de Printemps bottling, with a deep core, full-bodied palate impression with lovely balance and restraint for the year. While the wine’s slight volatility (by no means uncommon in the 2015 Beaujolais vintage) does integrate into its bouquet after a brief decant, it is depressing my score a touch, since in terms of raw materials and aging potential, this wine is in many respects a step up over its unabashedly delicious, exuberant sibling bottling, the cuvée Avalanche de Printemps. A very promising debut from Marc Delienne.

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