1985 Georges Dubœuf Chiroubles Chateau Raousset

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 93 points

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  7/10/2015 - acyso wrote: 93 Points

  [Redacted]; 7/10/2015-7/11/2015: Explosive red fruit and florals on the nose. This was a super happy and bubbly bottle of wine, like a giant bouncy castle. Exuberant, with tons of acidity to boot. Loads of racy minerality here as well -- this is pretty much all you could want from a 30-year-old bottle of gamay. Simply put, I was impressed by how fresh and youthful this was. I'm curious... will today's Beaujolais wines turn into these in three decades?

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  4/30/2013 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Old Wine Dinner-Classics and Oddities: Same bottling we had 2 years ago and just as good. Muddy red, more autumnal forest floor than fruit, still snappy Gamay acidity. Uncanny complexity for Beaujolais. Essentially a fine old village level Burgundy at a fraction of the price. Again, incredible for what it is and how long it has hung in there.

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  10/15/2011 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Pilgrimage to a Wine Mecca: Faded color but damned if it didn't still have that typical Gamay nose of tart cherries once some mushroomy scents blew off. After all, this is 26 year old Beaujolais! Typical lighter weight. The fruit is somewhat muffled, but what really impressed was a sappy, mouthcoating core that even the Grand Cru Burgundy tonight did not possess. Pretty extraordinary. I pray that all of my fancy 2009 Beaujolais last half as well as this bottle from the oft vilified "king of Beaujolais".

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