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 Côte de Brouilly? Why
not? 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!

Mark Lipton
--
alt.food.wine FAQ: http://winefaq.hostexcellence.com

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
> --
> alt.food.wine FAQ: �http://winefaq.hostexcellence.com

thanks for note. A wine I like, though as you say not light and
fruity. 2004 was a better wine for lightness and fruitiness.

On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:01:31 +0100, Mike Tommasi >
wrote:

>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.

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.

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.

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

In article >,
wrote:

> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:01:31 +0100, Mike Tommasi >
> wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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,