Tuesday Night Double Blind <$40 (Bin 75): Pale maroon core with pale rim, see through; exotic nose, sweet, medicinal, watermelon, smoky, granite, some vegetal; candied a bit but enough tension to keep it serious, nice medicinal note, sweet soft red and dark fruit with a green edge (reminiscent of a soft young Chinon); very nice, called Beaujolais.
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Fairly transparent in the colour. Very spicy in the nose, plum and cherry. In the mouth, it's a bit edgy and green (typical for 2012), but also nicely juicy and tart in the finish. Rather to drink in the short than in the medium term.
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Quite inviting aromas and flavors of sour cherry, blackcurrant juice and blueberry juice. This is a nice wine with a lively acidity. However, the wine leaves a lazy and boneless impression because of the lack of tannins.
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Delicious. I liked the dark fruit versus lifted acidity thing going on. It's got tons of flavor but presents black cherry, raspberry, blueberry, and white pepper in such a way as to never feel heavy or fat. There's a solid line of minerality running straight down the palate too, bringing yet another dimension. While this may not have the complexity of more famous producers wines, it's worth every penny and provided a wonderfully drinkable Beaujolais for us.
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Dark garnet color, fairly transparent. On day 1 pretty damn near undrinkable due to overwhelming zestiness that was just all over the place. 24 hours later it is thankfully a whole different story. A minerally, stony nose of raspberryish, cherryish dark fruit. Light bodied and minerally with grainy tannins that emerge little by little and in the end are very prominent and gripping. There is still some evident zestiness but now the wine is drinkable, possessing a good deal of clean, fairly savoury dark fruit. High acidity. I was under the impression that Chiroubles is supposed to be a really approachable and easy drinking Cru Bojo but this example does not fit that description by any means. If anything it's quite structured, serious and challenging. Perhaps not the best vintage to try this wine for the first time?
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7/14/2015 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:
Tuesday Night Double Blind <$40 (Bin 75): Pale maroon core with pale rim, see through; exotic nose, sweet, medicinal, watermelon, smoky, granite, some vegetal; candied a bit but enough tension to keep it serious, nice medicinal note, sweet soft red and dark fruit with a green edge (reminiscent of a soft young Chinon); very nice, called Beaujolais.
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2/18/2015 - octopussy Likes this wine: 87 Points
Fairly transparent in the colour. Very spicy in the nose, plum and cherry. In the mouth, it's a bit edgy and green (typical for 2012), but also nicely juicy and tart in the finish. Rather to drink in the short than in the medium term.
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2/7/2015 - lkilpio wrote: 89 Points
Quite inviting aromas and flavors of sour cherry, blackcurrant juice and blueberry juice. This is a nice wine with a lively acidity. However, the wine leaves a lazy and boneless impression because of the lack of tannins.
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11/21/2014 - ucbeau Likes this wine: 88 Points
Delicious. I liked the dark fruit versus lifted acidity thing going on. It's got tons of flavor but presents black cherry, raspberry, blueberry, and white pepper in such a way as to never feel heavy or fat. There's a solid line of minerality running straight down the palate too, bringing yet another dimension. While this may not have the complexity of more famous producers wines, it's worth every penny and provided a wonderfully drinkable Beaujolais for us.
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11/15/2014 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 89 Points
E&R's 5th Annual Beaujolais Weekend; 11/15/2014-11/16/2014 (E&R Wine Shop, Portland OR): Smooth and softly fruited aromas. Tart. Really lovely expression of fruit on the palate. Quite rich. Smooth. Puckering on the finish, but nice soft fruit. Very pure, balanced, and focused effort. Very drinkable.
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4/16/2014 - kuumies wrote:
Dark garnet color, fairly transparent. On day 1 pretty damn near undrinkable due to overwhelming zestiness that was just all over the place. 24 hours later it is thankfully a whole different story. A minerally, stony nose of raspberryish, cherryish dark fruit. Light bodied and minerally with grainy tannins that emerge little by little and in the end are very prominent and gripping. There is still some evident zestiness but now the wine is drinkable, possessing a good deal of clean, fairly savoury dark fruit. High acidity. I was under the impression that Chiroubles is supposed to be a really approachable and easy drinking Cru Bojo but this example does not fit that description by any means. If anything it's quite structured, serious and challenging. Perhaps not the best vintage to try this wine for the first time?
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