TN: 2009 Chanrion Côte de Brouilly Domaine de la Voute des Crozes

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  • 2009 Chanrion Côte de Brouilly Domaine de la Voute des Crozes - France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Côte de Brouilly (1/4/2012)
    Followed over two days. If you like Gamay on the super-fruity, rich side, pop and pour this and drink up right away. This is beet-juice colored with a nose of strawberry and plums. Fuller bodied Gamay, this enters with black pepper infused red berries, very round and fleshy. The acidity is here, but fruit is in front right now. Darker elements persist on the back of the palate. A rich, almost caramel element was present on the finish on the first day, and that has thankfully integrated here on day 2. Silky tannic structure.

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I’ve enjoyed previous vintages of the Chanrion Cote de Brouilly, though I’m not sure of the bottling (don’t know if there is more than one). The 2000 was drinking quite nicely in the last year or two. I haven’t had the 2009, but it sounds like about what I’d expect, given the vintage.

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Hi Lee and Anthony,

Nicole Chanrion only makes one bottling, so this is the same cuvee that Lee has liked in past vintages. I love these wines in general, but found the 2009 very much an animal of the vintage and one of the least satisfying vintages from Madame Chanrion that I can recall. What I really love from her wines is the red fruity purity and transparency down to the stony soil of Cote de Brouilly that defines most vintages of her wines. I was just at the domaine in July and in a mini-vertical of her wines, I much preferred the classic shape of the 2010 to the more powerful and riper 2009 (Anthony- your note reads identically to mine). This is one estate where the 2005 absolutely towers over the 2009. Conversely, at her good friends’ and neighbors’ estate, Chateau Thivin, Claude Geoffray much prefers his 2009 to his 2005, as for Chateau Thivin, 2009 is a great, classic vintage that he ranks right up there with 1989 as one of the greatest in the recent history of the domaine. And his 2009 was much more structured, pure and classic in profile, with the power of the 2009 vintage buried in the core of the wine, rather than flaunting it at the surface. Perhaps Madame Chanrion picked on the later side in 2009 in comparison to the Monsieur Geoffray? But, the 2010 Chanrion Cote de Brouilly is an absolute classic and a wine that should age beauitfully, as it is much more of an “intensely flavored” wine than a “powerful” wine, with beautiful underlying structure and that great Charnrion transparency.

All the Best,

John

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I agree that the 2009 Thivin is an absolute gem. Will definitely look out for the 2010 and if a 2005 ever comes my way, I’ll definitely try it. Thanks for the information John, as always your reports are so helpful!