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2018 Georges Descombes Brouilly

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April 16, 2023 - $21

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RATINGS

92John Gilman

...a very pretty and expressive wine...bright and red fruity bouquet jumps from the glass in a mix of cherries, sweet cranberries, vinesmoke, gamebird, lovely soil tones and a topnote of fresh-picked thyme...vibrant, full-bodied and beautifully transparent, with plenty of red fruit at the core, tangy acids and just a wisp of backend tannin perking up the long and complex finish. Fine juice.

91Vinous / IWC

Pungent cherry pit, licorice and floral qualities on the fragrant nose, along with hints of game and white pepper. Juicy and penetrating in the mouth, offering black raspberry, bitter cherry and fruitcake flavors that deepen steadily through the back half.

REGION

France, Beaujolais, Brouilly

Brouilly is the largest of the Beaujolais Cru appellations with 3,000 acres of vineyards. Unlike most of the other Beaujolais Crus, Brouilly is not a specific village. It surrounds the Côte de Brouilly appellation on three sides and in some years nearly 800,000 cases of wine are produced. The region is named for Mount Brouilly, an extinct volcano, and the name comes from “brûlé,” meaning burnt. As in virtually all of Beaujolais, the grape grown here is Gamay.

TYPE

Red Wine, Gamay, Cru Beaujolais

The Gamay grape produces a light, versatile and food-friendly wine. It is best known for making Beaujolais Nouveau, but it is also grown in Loire and Tours. Thankfully the 14th C. Duke of Burgundy’s degree to ban the grape did not spread through all of France.