Domaine Dit Barron, Brouilly (Beaujolais, Burgundy, France) 2010

 When I tasted this in Georges DuBoeuf’s lab, I didn’t know its history, and I still don’t now, but it appears that until a few years ago this wine was made by some members of the Perrin family.  I wish I could give you the details on how DuBoeuf got ahold of it, but I spent three days just trying to ask DuBoeuf’s legion of PR reps how many different wines they make — even an approximation within 50 would do — and never got an answer; they’re all too busy dreaming up next year’s Beaujolais Nouveau promotions.  So I’m not hopeful about learning more about this wine.  Pity, because it has nice, distinctive limestone flavor along with the expected red plum and enough tannin to make it interesting.  Most of Beaujolais is on granite soils, but Brouilly is on blue stone, says DuBoeuf’s enologist Guy Marion, so that would account for the minerality.