90 Pts Josh Raynolds - Vinous Media

"Vivid red. Fresh cherry and currant aromas are complicated by smoky minerals, fresh flowers and exotic spices. A complex midweight, offering an array of red and dark fruits, along with candied rose and a subtle graphite quality. Finishes with lightly gripping tannins and excellent persistence, the cherry note echoing. Pretty serious for a non-cru Beaujolais." - 90 points- Josh Raynolds- International Wine Cellar

WINERY:
"Cedric is a bit of a renegade in Beaujolais because his yields are so small- giving his wines a concentration of fruit rarely seen in most non-cru Beaujolais. He also has old vines, and even has an old wooden press in his garage-sized cellar that he uses to crush his tiny harvest. We get about 100 cases a year, and the 2005 was a big hit." -Importer Kermit Lynch on the 2006 vintage

"Sometimes I grow pessimistic about the future of real wine, and then something like this bottle shakes some hope into me. How could the human race allow such beauty in a beverage to disappear? In a garage-sized winery there was a dirt floor, an old oak pressoir, and oak casks. Wearing the prettiest robe a Beaujolais AOC has ever worn, there was deep deliciousness and a silky texture. Especially for skeptics: Don’t generalize gang, especially about wine." -Importer Kermit Lynch on the 2005 vintage

"Cedric Vincent is one of those growers who demonstrate that there is allure beyond the granitic and otherwise volcanic sectors of Beaujolais, in the generally chalk and clay south, where only the simplest appellation applies." -David Schildknecht on Cedric Vincent from the review on the 2007 vintage