Alain Coudert’s 2023 Fleurie “Clos de la Roilette” is a lovely young wine, showing fineripeness on both the nose and palate and an octane level in this vintage of fourteen percent. Thewine’s aromatic constellation is fresh and vibrant, hopping from the glass in a mix of red and blackcherries, pomegranate, a fine base of dark soil, a touch of sweet stem tones, woodsmoke and apungent topnote of violets. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, nicely transparent to thesoil and generously endowed at the core with ripe fruit. The wine has fine depth of fruit, somechewy tannins, tangy acids and shows a touch of concentrating effects to its constituentcomponents from the drought, but will be a fine bottle with a bit of bottle age. Usually this wineis an utter charmer from the moment it is released, but the 2023 version seems likely to want ayear or two in the cellar before it will start to drink with its customary generosity. 2027-2050.