Community Tasting Notes 33

• fitzi wrote:

  June 29, 2023 - My last bottle of this vintage, held for research purposes. This was a tremendous bottle, distinguished entirely by sensation in the mouth and texture, bringing freshening palatte-cleansing acidity together with medium body and satisfying tannins. I decanted this bottle into a 375 on opening and drank a glass a day over four days - no sign of fatigue throughout. I'm not good with flavors and came away with no distinct impressions, just a sense of plumpness on the midpalate that wouldn't quit. Best quite cool, say, starting half an hour out of the refrigerator. An impressive Beaujolais cru wine of real stature from my favorite vigneron of the region.

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• fitzi wrote:

  June 12, 2022 - I squirreled a few bottles of the 2005 away for research purposes and ran across one in the crawl space last week. This is lovely, with fresh, palate-cleansing acidity, strawberry-cherry flavors and aromas, and a pleasant veneer of fine, drying tannins on the finish. Not profound, but darned good. Worth a 17-year wait? Only if cellaring is no trouble, I would say, and worth it on an occasional basis just to witness the fascinating transition this wine undergoes. Weirdly little deposit thrown after 17 years.

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• Ebrim wrote: 90 points

  February 22, 2019 - short note - cherries, mushrooms, strawberry, medium tannins, very well structured, drinkable and will keep, 90p

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• "Rhône Rider" Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 5, 2019 - Parfymert, litt tobakk, tørkede bær på nese. Tobakk, friske tørre bær i munn, tobakk, grafitt, treverk. Lekker vin!! 90-91

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• fitzi wrote:

  August 19, 2017 - This is drinking very nicely now. For some, perhaps too mature; for me, a kind of lovely transparency evident, rather light on the palate, but with good, fine-grained tannins still, acidity, and fruit all in proportion. A fine endgame for an initially stern and unusually well- structured cru Beaujolais. Could be wrong, but it doesn't strike me this has the stuffing to continue improving from here, though it may rest on this plateau for a while. Still a few bottles to experiment with.
  
  On night 2, still like this, but perhaps I've been to optimistic about its future. I'm likely to drink up my last three bottles within the next year or two.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Château Thivin
• Varietal Gamay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Beaujolais
• Appellation Côte de Brouilly

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• In Cellars 74 (30%)
• Consumed 172 (70%)

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