After a half century of persistent, unified effort devoted by the growers of Marsannay to the elevation of the quality of their vineyards and wines, Marsannay (in the spring of 1987) became not only the first new village to be given its own appellation in Burgundy since 1936, but the only one for which the appellation applies to red, white and rose wines. Domaine Louis Jadot acquired 19 acres in Marsannay with the 1985 purchase of Domaine Clair Dau. The red wines resemble delicate, straightforwar...

Rating: 83/100 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator on 08/31/97

Rating for France-Beaujolais: 82 (slightly worse than average year)<br/><br/>Drinkability: quite possibly over the hill<br/>