November 13, 2020 - Big and juicy with ripe dark fruit on the palate. Great value
August 28, 2018 - Vinified without sulfites, fermented spontaneously with natural yeasts, macerated for 3-4 weeks and aged for 6-8 weeks in concrete. Bottled with light filtration and a small addition of sulfites. 12,5% alcohol.
Youthful, somewhat translucent dark ruby color. Very big, brooding and quite ripe nose with vibrant aromas of ripe blackberries and boysenberries, sweet raspberries, some strawberry jam and slightly earthy tones. You really can notice the warm vintage in the sweetness here. The wine is medium-bodied, very youthful and quite dense on the palate with dry, concentrated and even somewhat robust flavors of tart cranberries, sour cherry bitterness, some crunchy crowberries, a little bit of peppery spice, a hint of earthiness and a touch of fresh red plums. Overall the wine feels quite sinewy and muscular - the ripeness and sweetness in the nose are conspicuously absent from the taste. The wine is quite seriously structured for a Beaujolais with its high acidity and moderately grippy tannins. The finish is young, crunchy and pretty tannic with noticeable astringent grip and concentrated, tough flavors of tart cranberries, sour cherry bitterness, some peppery spice, a little bit of fresh brambly blackberry and a hint of earthiness.
Normally the 2015 Beaujolais wines have been too sweet, soft and big for my palate, and although this wine seemed to go into that direction by its nose, it turned out to be a very classically built, serious and crunchy Gamay of the highest quality on the palate. True to the Brun style, this isn't a light and playful expression of Gamay, but instead a dead-serious, muscular and stern powerhouse that isn't as big as it is intense and tightly-knit. Overall the wine feels all too young and it could easily use another 6-10 years to tone that sinewy structure down. Most likely the wine will keep for much longer. Simply delicious stuff, very highly recommended. Ridiculous value at only 13,95€.
February 22, 2018 - While I like this wine, I find Brun’s regular Beaujolais (l'Ancien Vieilles Vignes) to be more enjoyable. This Brouilly had a note of bitterness that I didn’t find especially pleasing, and it lacked the complexity of his regular offering. I think I’ll stick with the latter, which continues to be my favorite Beaujolais at the moment.
November 14, 2017 - At Daniel & Denise, Crequi. A soaring nose of dark red berries accented by a touch of toasted oak. Young, boastful wine, touch tannic still in the finish; big, fruit forward texture without much tannic structure, sour mashed berries notes in the finish. Pairs will with roasted foul and meats. Very good.
October 28, 2017 - zeer fruitig, maar ook véél tannines. verrassende en onverwachte zuren, maar niet in overvloed. tannines zijn mooi verweven en laten vrij laat hun kracht los.
July 9, 2017 - Un peu austère à l'ouverture. Les tanins s'assouplissent avec l'aération (dans le verre). Arômes de fruits noirs (prune) et rouges (cerise au marasquin), de fleurs (pivoine?), d'herbes séchées (touche de menthe anisée), d'épices (poivre). Un vin du Beaujolais plus tannique que la moyenne. Une belle finale fraîche, de longueur moyenne. Mélange intéressant pureté de fruit et de structure.
June 20, 2017 - Strawberry fruit roll up. Hint of white pepper on the finish. Dusty finish. Fun wine.
June 17, 2017 - Cru Beaujolais Tasting - Exploring all the Crus (New York, NY): #19 of 21 wines tasted. The 3rd Cote de Brouilly and 5 year younger version of the first wine. Clearly a similar profile but much more fresh, alive and very tart. I think the sweet spot of these might be 2-4 years of age to promote some softening but without losing all of the freshness. The group voted 0 pennies for this wine.
June 12, 2017 - Good stuff, juicy, pure, classic gamay, nice aftertaste.