Chateau Thivin, Cote de Brouilly

Just fantastic. No signs of aging or slowing down, this could go on for a few years. Drank side by side with the 2011 Coudert Marquis, this was lighter in color but still brimming with red fruit and crisp acidity.

2011 vintage

This is brilliant. So much more integrated and drinkable than bottles opened years ago. Drak ruby color, starting to show a little age but I wouldn't have guessed 13 years. Cranberries on the palate but more sweet than sour, some baking spices. Just elegant and beautifully drinkable now.

2011 vintage

Very good. Fewer superlatives than in my last note, but probably more because of subjective factors than the wine's objective quality. I can't really imagine having too much Thivin in the cellar.

2011 vintage

Best bottle of this Cote de Brouilly to date. Everything has come together very nicely and all the elements are integrated and in perfect balance. Lots of juicy red fruit with good minerality and perhaps a little less of the briar notes of previous bottles. Smack bang in the middle of its drinking window.

2011 vintage

Last of six (6). Similar to prior experience Red cherry, raspberry, with earthy/floral notes. Lively on the palate; acidity present provides required lift to counter richly laden fruit. Delivers lovely even finish. Fully integrated but still plenty of life here. Drink soon.

2011 vintage

From magnum. Decanted two hours before service. Reddish brown in color. The palate is dusty red fruit with light acid. It's fully mature in this format, so 750s might be completely over the hill. Drink up.

2007 vintage

Lovely red fruited. Good weight. Surprisingly so, suggesting old vines and great vineyard care. This bottle shows no signs of being beyond its peak. This bottle would go many more years, given the chance. On the firmer side of Beaujolais, with none of the florals that Fleurie gives us. I expect it will open up with time in the glass.

2011 vintage

Boudin noir, prunes, dried cherries, iodine, cigarbox, potpourri, stemmy peppery spices. Lovely midweight red, still drinking very nicely.

2012 vintage

Relatively dark in the glass. Black and red fruit on the nose and plate (think dark cherry and cranberry) which also shows a considerable savoury presence of briary stems, earth and a cool herbaceous note. A bucketload of racy acidity on the palate. Medium weight and length.

2011 vintage

This wine is in a great place right now, with a little exposure to air - say, 20 minutes in the glass or 30 in a decanter. The preliminary curtain of sandy tannins parts, granting ingress to succulent, juicy fruit flavors which lean cherry, and engage attention by the contrast in textures. Fine acidity and good balance, everything very nicely proportioned, no flab. Only seven months since my last bottle, but this one is much better than I recall from …

2011 vintage

Last of a case, and still going strong.

2011 vintage

2nd to last bottle, and still going strong. Need to buy more Bojo!

2011 vintage

With the caveat that I don’t drink a lot of Beaujolais, this is probably at peak right now, and similarly enjoyable to the note I had in May of this year.

2011 vintage

Six (6) years since last visited. Light ruby in color with muted aromas of red cherry, raspberry, and violet. Medium bodied, fresh with underlying strength; warm red fruit flavors are accompanied with earthy/floral notes. Nimble on the palate; acidity present provides required lift to counter richly laden fruit winding to evenly delivered finish. Still plenty of life here but likely at the back end of its drinking window. Drink now or hold.

2011 vintage

Very nice: palate-cleansing acidity, stern (but not too stern) tannins, modest depth and complexity. No sign of fatigue. Thivin is always the least Beaujolais-tasting Beaujolais I taste, and preferable to 90% of Bordeaux of my experience.

2011 vintage

Still going strong!

2011 vintage

Pretty good today. Black & red berry fruit on the nose, with a savory note as well. Good acidity on the palate. I'm kind of agnostic when it comes to Gamay/Beaujolais, but I am enjoying this on a sunny Tuesday afternoon.

2011 vintage

Needed decanting!

2011 vintage

Popped and poured from magnum. Served over three hours. Medium red brown color. Palate muted at first, but the fruit started to come out after that. Decent acid and tannins. The primary fruit was tart cherries. I'm not sure if I let this rest too long and now it's going over, or if this was just a questionable bottle. I'll open another soon.

2007 vintage

Nicely mature but a little bit thin of fruit.

2011 vintage

Deep red Rich, Spicey, complex. Medium weight. Nicely developed briary character. Med palate weight, fruit is perhaps beginning to fade? Drink up.

2011 vintage

Beaujolais #2 of the afternoon. This has an alluring spicyness on the nose and is more red-fruited than the Chenas. This is fresher on the palate as well - a nice wine to have a glass while sitting on the couch and listening to some jazz ;^)

2012 vintage

Similar to the Dubois in weight, and also with tart red fruit on the palate. Very nice.

2011 vintage

Absolutely delicious right out of the gate. Sour cherry, berry and mineral with a medium finish. Drink now or wait a few years either way all good.

2011 vintage

Some recent notes have made me curious - glad I checked on it. The first night there is no joy to be found, just shrill acidity, well-concealed fruit that's more an apparition than a partner of any kind. After pouring/drinking a glass with a dish of roasted chicken, I put the remainder of the bottle in the fridge, and brought it out again on night #4 - wow, the transformation is complete! Rusticity in the background, but full (for this …

2011 vintage

About three years since my last note on this wine. Color is a translucent ruby, with blackberry and raspberry fruit on the nose. Pronounced, bordering on shrill, acidity. At this point that kind of dominates the palate. Quite tart. I'll see if this smooths out later when paired with some food, but I'm not enjoying it right now.

2011 vintage

PnP in Burg glass. My first sips were wow, is this ever balanced, resolved and tasty! Lighter red color. Another alluring btl with sappy ripe Chambolle cherries and minerality on a vibrant frame. A panoply of graceful, yet energetic. elegant spicy red fruit flavors. Perfectly pure ripe fruit. Intellectual and yet so accessible and placid. Gorgeous Burgundy, I mean, Beaujolais! 13% Alc. Paid $21 locally on release. 92+/93-. Wish I could find more of these! This is drinking perfectly right …

2011 vintage

Opened and drank with roasted salmon. Took about 1.5 hours to open up so definitely decant. Potent nose brings strawberry compote, raspberry cobbler, red roses, and whiffs of lavender and Manhattan cherries. The palate is medium, austere, and still quite bitter and closed, bringing hints of raspberries, blackberries, wild herbs, and nutmeg baking spices. The finiish is thick and coated with tannins. Overall, quite linear and still very tight, but a solid, fresh weeknight quaffer. Drink 2018-2021. Technical score: 88. …

2012 vintage

Rose petals and a hint of smoke - light and flavorful. Glad I waited. Really good. ** Lighter and brighter on Day 2 - a bit more savory. Still delicious.

2012 vintage

Our last of 6, similar to our prior notes, sorry to see it go. Each of the last three was very nice -- good for you if you have some.

2011 vintage

Again similar to our note in May 2015 -- except perhaps we enjoyed it even more, this time over three nights.

2011 vintage

Complex nose leads into bright red fruit (cherries) with a good earthy core and nice tannins towards the finish... bright and bold... nice

2012 vintage

A little funk on this

2012 vintage

Floral nose. Bright in the mouth, red fruit and nearly bubble gum flavor fading towards earthiness and a nice amount of chew... very clean... good

2012 vintage

Consumed too young from magnum, this wine still showing the hard-edges of youth with some nice fruit hiding behind some pretty aggressive tannins. Not your typical soft BoJo at all.

2007 vintage

P&P'd with grilled corn tortilla chicken tacos. Cloudy, dark ruby color with a purple hue. Floral nose brings fresh cut spring violets, red roses, lavender, grape compote, grape hard candy, and Manhattan bitters. The palate is medium-light, tart, tight, and tannic, with a stubborn compact core, bringing dark cherries, punchy ripe raspberries, some hints of cloves, cinnamon, and savory herbs into the dusty finish. The nose is off the charts for this price point but the palate is completely shut …

2012 vintage

Nice plummy and earthy notes with just a hint of reduction and spice notes. It's refreshingly fleshy if not as bright or totally transparent. Medium bodied and acid. Rather a bit more savory with moderate persistence, but an absolute steal at 25 bucks.

2012 vintage

Very nice

2012 vintage

Slightly behind other bottles teased and light years behind Dutraive I had last weekend

2012 vintage

Cherry plum earthy and delicious! Good acidity medium body.

2012 vintage

Really tasty beaujy

2012 vintage

once again very tasty

2012 vintage

lovely juice, great beaujy

2012 vintage

P&p; best after 40+ minutes. Pure juicy plum, cherry, and rocky earth, with a streak of savoriness, and hints of spice and smoke. Similar on the palate; juicy and fresh, with good acidity. Earthy/stony/ferrous/mineral finish. Quite enjoyable; drinking well now.

2012 vintage

P&P and delicious from the word go. Christmas spiced nose leads to a very generous portion of ripe, dark strawberry fruit. But long before the fruit overstays its welcome, additional air time seems to firm up the wine a bit, adding some pretty iron and mineral traits, even a little tree bark. The finish seems to finally reveal some decent tannin and acidity suggesting that perhaps a little development could ensue down the road. Though by all means this was …

2012 vintage

Needs more time. Strawberry and iron

2012 vintage

Classic Thivin Cote Brouilly and another fine example. I think this will benefit with more time in the btl giving the structure a chance to meld and the fruit to add weight but I'm digging it now too. As usual, a very transparent expression of the site with red fruit spice and earth tones. Excellent tonight with Nita's lightly spiced tuna creole. Paired really well with the tomatoes, tuna and bacon in this dish. Paid $21, easily drinks like $30+. …

2012 vintage

Paired perfectly with grilled salmon. Not much on the nose and a subtle flavor that was at first grapefruit. It evolved into tart red fruit. Otherwise it was light yet acidic. Short finish. Would easily have this again. Thanks Mark!

2012 vintage

From magnum. Nice nose of raspberries. The palate is still a bit tannic but with good flavors of cherries primarily. Medium red in color. Still in fine shape for a number of years.

2007 vintage

Might be my first time trying this vintage - color is translucent ruby; nice fruitiness on the nose. Ripe red & black fruit on the palate, with nice persistence on the finish. Pretty enjoyable, albeit not overly complex. I find this fairly open-knit right now, but I don't drink a lot of Beaujolais, so no clue as to how (or if) it might age.

2012 vintage

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