Barbet Moulin-à-Vent Vieilles Vignes skus_1813340 and Petite Sirah

and Petite Sirah

this huge but supple wine tames the varietal's bold tannins with plenty of lush flavors of black cherry and blackberry

22 hand-foraged local botanicals delicately augment nine berries

Deliciously moreish

This is a wonderfully approachable wine that will improve in the bottle for another six years

Barbet Moulin-à-Vent Vieilles Vignes skus_1813340 and Petite SirahXavier Barbet and his brother Nicolas Barbet own 4. 5 ha of vines in Moulin Vent, the most Burgundian of the Beaujolais crus. The plots are located in the climates of Champ de Cour, Perelles and Bruyres des Thorins, the most prestigious of the appellation. Known locally as the "King of Beaujolais" for its power, structure and longevity, Moulin Vent is actually atypical of the Beaujolais Crus; its style is the antithesis of what most people think of