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[TN] '05 Brun Cote de Brouilly
In article >,
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> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:01:31 +0100, Mike Tommasi >
> wrote:
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> >Mark Lipton wrote:
> >> ... If a Côte de Brouilly isn't light and fruity, what is?
> >>
> >> Answer: something else
> >>
> >> 2005 J.-P. Brun "Terres Dorees" Côte 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!
> >
> >Hmmm, tannic structured Bojos. A similar trend is happening in the
> >Lambrusco area (Vilco will confirm). Not a good thing, what wil lwe
> >drink with a good fatty pork roast?
>
> Well, here's another one. Last Saturday we held a belated Open That
> Bottle Night party, and someone brought a 2005 Cote de Brouilly
> Domaine du Pavillon Chavannes, Cuvee Ambassades.
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> Pretty much nobody liked it. One taster completely panned it. Didn't
> do much for me, either, but the wine is a far cry from what most of us
> are used to drinking.
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> Maybe we opened it too soon or maybe our food choices didn't do it any
> favors, but the character of the wine was much as Mark describes
> above. "Dark fruit, somewhat tannic, highly structured, shut
> down"...no kidding.
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> I'd like to try it again in a couple years under different
> circumstances, and when it's not up against a bunch of big Washington
> and Cal cabs and zins.
>
> JJ
For light and fruity I prefer Grenache based wines,
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