2012 Domaine du Pavillon de Chavannes Côte de Brouilly Cuvée des Ambassades

Community Tasting Notes (36) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  12/31/2022 - diggydan wrote: 93 Points

  Lovely, mature bojo that still features red fruit but is enrobed in secondary soft goodness.

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  5/18/2022 - pmarlo wrote: 91 Points

  My last one. Cork wad pretty decent, slightly infiltrated. Good acid still, bright, cherry, but not heavy, very nice. Really active in the mouth. Color is that of translucent ruby but a dirty ruby. fruit still decent, very cherry and tart. Had with bbq chicken and although it was okay, not the best pairing with this food. Feel like this was ready now. Someone said these gamay wines shouldn't be aged, but this one decent with 10 years. Good light wine and will pair well with variety of food.
  Now 6 days later, and this wine has not only held together but improved. Fruit came out, wine smoothed out, acid which initially was stronger now fell back and wine now balanced nicely. I think either the gamay fruit has either subsided or evolved into its natural profile. Really quite nice. I don't know much about the grape or region, but these six days changed this wine for the better. Wine is soft, but not over the hill and lost its fruit soft. It's supposed to be soft and it is nicely so. I would look for more but I would also first age them, then give a good decant or do like I did; have over several days. A surprise recommendation, especially after letting sit in bottle a few days.

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  11/11/2021 - BillyOsh Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Beaujolais with some bottle age - totally delicious. Tannins are muted if almost gone. Very very dry. Light but not too light. Delicious, ripe, almost roasted or sun baked red raspberries, with orange peel. I like it a lot. Very interesting and totally delicious bottle. Would go back to this all day long and not hesitate to give similar bottle age to other Beaujolais to see how they develop.

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  2/3/2019 - klezman wrote:

  Delicious. Earth, sappy red fruit, lots of mineral and tension. This wine ages very nicely.

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  7/6/2017 - fingers wrote: 86 Points

  A little less impressed than I was a year ago. Tasting more Gamay-ish and just a little watery, as if some of the must were taken away. It certainly has its place at the table, but not with anything bold that would overshadow it. Fully blind, I would probably guess this as a rose'. Worked fine with a juicy pork tenderloin that was heavy on rosemary. 4+10+15+7= 86

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