10 Years of Rotters Towers, with food from Vantre (Paris) and lots of Beaujolais
Each year Noble Rot Lambs Conduit Street celebrate Beaujolais Nouveau day in style, inviting a guest chef or restaurant to take over the kitchen. Last year it was The Four Horsemen from Brooklin; this year was the turn of Vantre from Paris. Proprietor Marco Pelletier and chef Satria Vue were running the kitchen, and the food was matched with Beaujolais from large format. It was quite brilliant.
It was also great to celebrate 10 years of Noble Rot Lambs Conduit Street. I remember the opening very well!
THE WINES
Yann Bertrand ‘Dynamite Morgon’ 2023 Beaujolais, France (magnum)
Supple, bright and grainy, this is a juicy with lovely acidity, made in a very elegant style. Good precision and energy with a sense of finesse. So drinkable. 94/100
Château Thivin ‘La Chappelle’ 2023 Beaujolais, France (magnum)
14% alcohol. Vivid, rich and bold with fresh black cherry and blackcurrant fruit. This shows great focus and concentration. It’s really vivid, and combines depth with freshness. 94/100
Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py 2022 Beaujolais, France (double magnum)
This is slightly cloudy with nice richness and juiciness, showing focus and brightness with good acidity. Crisp and taut. 93/100
Philippe Viet Régnié Haut Ronze 2021 Beaujolais, France (magnum)
11% alcohol. Philippe’s first career was in the IT consulting space, but he fell in love with wine, working in Moulin-à-Vent, then Chinon and Lethbridge in Geelong. His first vintage was in 2019, and he now has 8 hectares in Regnié, Morgon, Fleurie and Beaujolais Villages. This is supple and bright, and really elegant, with red cherries and cranberries, showing nice tension. Juicy, stony and linear. 94/100
Saint Cyr Terroir de Bellevue 2021 Beaujolais, France (magnum)
Bright red cherry and redcurrant with some iron notes. Bright and mineral, and linear. Juicy and fine. 94/100
Château Thivin Les Griottes de Brulhé 2023 Côte de Brouilly, Beaujolais, France (magnum)
Juicy, bright and vivid with nice acidity, and crunchy raspberry fruit and red cherries. Bright with nice energy. 94/100
Justin Dutraive Plan B 2022 Beaujolais, France (magnum)
Tensile and fresh with raspberry and cherry fruit, with a sappy edge. Taut, focused and very bright. 95/100
Saint Cyr Terroir de Lachassagne Beaujolais Blanc 2022 France (double magnum)
This is spectacular. Single vineyard Beaujolais Blanc from a 0.5 hectare plot was planted in the 1950s on clay/limestone with calcareous marl bedrock. Mineral, taut and fine with some salty, spicy notes. Such precision here. 95/100
Domaine Chapel Fleurie Charbonnières 2022 Beaujolais, France (double magnum)
Juicy, grainy, focused and pure. Lovely black cherries and blackberries as well as some notes of herbs and pepper, with good acidity. Grainy and expressive. 95/100
