Château Thivin owns about 18 acres of this 65-acre east-facing vineyard in Brouilly, the largest and most southern of Beaujolais’ ten cru. Lighter and fruitier than their Côte de Brouilly, it still conveys underlying minerality because of the rose-granite soil in the vineyard. Bright and filled with red fruit flavors, it has none of the firmness of their Côte de Brouilly.
Château Thivin, Brouilly (Beaujolais, Burgundy, France) 2017
By Michael Apstein