Can’t get enough 2010 Thivin Cote de Brouilly

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Todd Abrams

Todd Abrams
I've been slaughtering bottles of this stuff. It’s just a perfectly integrated drink of delicate tart fruit and charming stones. Of the approximately dozen people I have shared this wine with only one has not taken to it immediately and for good.

I can only surmise that this person simply does not like wine.
 
originally posted by Todd Abrams:
Of the approximately dozen people I have shared this wine with only one has not taken to it immediately and for good.
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didn't realize we were acquainted

I can only surmise that this person simply does not like wine.
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grew up on vodka, sorry
 
originally posted by .sasha:
originally posted by Todd Abrams:
Of the approximately dozen people I have shared this wine with only one has not taken to it immediately and for good.
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didn't realize we were acquainted

I can only surmise that this person simply does not like wine.
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grew up on vodka, sorry
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I didn't mean to question your taste. I tend to be enthusiastic about wine that I really like.
 
originally posted by Todd Abrams:

I didn't mean to question your taste. I tend to be enthusiastic about wine that I really like.
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I am sorry, I don't understand what there is to be excited about in wine.

Seriously though, Thivin continues to mystify me in that I never find anything wrong with them, and certainly nothing out of balance, but can never work my way through them, whether it's throughout the course of a single pour, or an entire bottle over several days, to a point where I can establish the wine's character, i.e. something to remember it by.
My good friend John Gilman goes out of his way to tell me that I need to be patient and continue exploring. He is a huge fan of the domaine.
2010 in particular was most impressive, and I would never defer all judgement, at least not for gamay, purely on the basis of the wine being very closed - young B. can be very structured and largely inexpressive, but it does not mean it has to be so static.
What is even more interesting is that I am wild about the terroir - via Brun and Chanrion , that is.
 
I'm with teh dotster on Thivin. Never had a bottle with that compulsively drinkable quality I need from gamay.
It's not for lack of samples - my neighbor bought a case of the 2010 so I've been finding glasses of it on my doorstep a lot lately.
(BJ, don't put me on your ignore list)
 
originally posted by .sasha:

...young B. can be very structured and largely inexpressive, but it does not mean it has to be so static.
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I think I enjoy it for the same reason you don’t. I like that the fruit is restrained, as if all the sexiness that can be gamay is right there just underneath the covers but not in full display like a porn queen showing everyone her kidneys.

I’ll try and dig up some Brun for comparison. I’ve seen his Morgon locally but not the CdB. Detroit is not exactly a hotbed for Cru Beaujolais.
 
Chacun, etc. As above, I'm with Todd: something about the upside-down fruit-to-tannin relationship for Beaujolais in Thivin really grabs me. Also, 2005 I opened last year gave about the purest cherry flavors I've come across on the third day or so.

I've seen some Chanrion around here recently - another wine for the compulsory 'try' list.
 
originally posted by slaton:
I'm with teh dotster on Thivin. Never had a bottle with that compulsively drinkable quality I need from gamay.
It's not for lack of samples - my neighbor bought a case of the 2010 so I've been finding glasses of it on my doorstep a lot lately.
(BJ, don't put me on your ignore list)
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Well, this is interesting. My current feelings may surprise you. I am a big fan of the domaine, in terms of enthusiasm and seriousness. I love their Brouilly (though honestly only had a couple of vintages of that). But I have been coming to terms with the fact that the number of bottles that got me all jiggly are few. This may seem like an about face, and I'm sure someone can find some posts where I was singing a different tune. I think it's just taken a bit of time for me to come to terms.

I think the critical thing to keep in mind is that the Cote de Brouilly is a healthy little hill that is cultivated on all sides. Thivin's vineyards are entirely south facing. Chanrion's vineyards are on the east and north slope, and if memory serves right, Jean Paul's electric beauty is from vineyards on the east and west. I love Chanrion as sort of the archetypal classic Cru Beaujolais - if such a thing is possible - juicy and fresh and chuggable. Jean Paul's CdB is definitely my favorite CdB, and also I think edges out the Fleurie as my fave of his, and, maybe even, my favorite CB period.

BTW, the 04 Thivin out of halves is awful now.
 
originally posted by Todd Abrams:
Can’t get enough 2010 Thivin Cote de BrouillyI've been slaughtering bottles of this stuff. It’s just a perfectly integrated drink of delicate tart fruit and charming stones. Of the approximately dozen people I have shared this wine with only one has not taken to it immediately and for good.

I can only surmise that this person simply does not like wine.
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I am drinking this now and must agree with the original post. Failing to enjoy this can only bespeak a dislike of wine or the lack of a pulse altogether.
 
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
I am drinking this now and must agree with the original post. Failing to enjoy this can only bespeak a dislike of wine or the lack of a pulse altogether.
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I am looking forward to a remake of History of the World, with a bottle of 2010 Thivin playing the part of the belly dancer
 
This all prompted me to open an 07 Thivin tonight and it was pretty typical (dense, unyielding, ungiving). The 07 Chanrion these days, however, is quite delicious.
 
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