On Mar 5, 1:06�pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> Last night, I returned home to find Jean in a bad mood (the result of
> some Bad Behavior on the part of some colleagues in other departments).
> "Could you open a light and fruity red?" she asks plaintively, remarking
> that the '06 Brun L'Ancien that I'd opened recently didn't qualify as
> light & fruity in her book. �So, on down to the cellar to see what we've
> got in the Bojo bin: Lapierre Morgons? nope, too dark; '05 Desvignes
> M-a-V? �no, again! '05 Coudert? nope; '05 Brun C�te de Brouilly? �Why
> not? �If a C�te de Brouilly isn't light and fruity, what is?
>
> Answer: something else
>
> 2005 J.-P. Brun "Terres Dorees" C�te de Brouilly
> color: dark
> nose: pretty closed in, hinting of berries
> palate: dark fruit, somewhat tannic, highly structured, shut down
>
> Nope, this isn't what she was looking for. �A dark-fruited and closed
> down Bojo if ever there was one. �I chalk up the problem to global
> warming, always an easy scapegoat and make the promise that we'll pick
> up some genuinely light Bojos. �Oh, well. �Let's put the half-finished
> bottle back in the fridge for a couple of nights and see what becomes of
> it. �If you've got some of this, hands off for another few years!
>
> Mark Lipton
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thanks for note. A wine I like, though as you say not light and
fruity. 2004 was a better wine for lightness and fruitiness.