Never a bad wine from Thivin. The Sept Vignes is made (hence the name) from seven different plots and maybe this makes it more flexible in managing vintage variation. That being said, you can still feel the warmth of the vintage with the fruit certainly more in the darker spectrum. Still very juicy and not cloying at all. Tannic structure and acidity may keep this evolving for a couple of additional years but I'd rather drink them sooner than later.
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Hard to believe this contains only 10% Gamay. As others have noted, it stands out much more prominently and blind I would have been very tempted to call Beaujolais. The definition of glou-glou: Crunchy red fruit, beautiful acidity, just extremely fun to drink and a clear recommendation. Love it.
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Very good German Pinot in a beautiful spot. Elegant and carefully extracted, ripe red fruit, sligthly sweet touch from the oak (in a very pleasant way), good structure, great freshness. Overall balance was superb. Very likeable albeit not terribly complex.
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2018 Château Thivin Côte de Brouilly Les Sept Vignes
5/13/2024 - ChâteauneufDuPfaff Likes this wine: 91 Points
Never a bad wine from Thivin. The Sept Vignes is made (hence the name) from seven different plots and maybe this makes it more flexible in managing vintage variation. That being said, you can still feel the warmth of the vintage with the fruit certainly more in the darker spectrum. Still very juicy and not cloying at all. Tannic structure and acidity may keep this evolving for a couple of additional years but I'd rather drink them sooner than later.
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2020 Domaine Bruno Clavelier Bourgogne Passetoutgrains Vieilles Vignes
5/13/2024 - ChâteauneufDuPfaff Likes this wine: 91 Points
Hard to believe this contains only 10% Gamay. As others have noted, it stands out much more prominently and blind I would have been very tempted to call Beaujolais. The definition of glou-glou: Crunchy red fruit, beautiful acidity, just extremely fun to drink and a clear recommendation. Love it.
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2017 Kühling-Gillot Oppenheimer Kreuz Spätburgunder Großes Gewächs
5/13/2024 - ChâteauneufDuPfaff Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very good German Pinot in a beautiful spot. Elegant and carefully extracted, ripe red fruit, sligthly sweet touch from the oak (in a very pleasant way), good structure, great freshness. Overall balance was superb. Very likeable albeit not terribly complex.
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