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Château de la Terrière 2015 Brouilly. From
an estate enveloping a magnificent medieval
castle, this is a lightly structured cru wine with red
cherry and berry flavors. It has a backdrop of tannins
and acidity that give it structure. The wine is ripe
and fruity at the end and ready to drink. Imperial
Wine & Spirits. —R.V.
abv: 13%
Price: $NA
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Georges Duboeuf 2015 Domaine de Combiaty
(Brouilly). The wine is produced from a
15-acre parcel of 60-year-old vines. With concentration
as well as juicy acidity, the wine is structured
and needing to age for a few months. Red currant
and berry fruits are shot through with a mineral
aftertaste. Drink from 2018. Quintessential Wines.
—R.V.
abv: 12.5% Price: $20
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Joseph Drouhin 2015 Hospices de Belleville
(Brouilly). This is Drouhan’s second vintage
of handling the vines, wines and marketing in partnership
with the Hospices de Belleville charity. This
open generous wine is packed with ripe red fruit and
given shape by light tannins. There is a fresh crisp
aftertaste that gives the wine a great lift. Dreyfus,
Ashby & Co. —R.V.
abv: 13%
Price: $NA
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Georges Duboeuf 2015 Château de Nervers
(Brouilly). This grand estate was once a
hunting ground for an even grander nearby chateau.
The cru wine that’s now produced here is crisp and
fruity, streaked through with acidity and red currants.
It has a touch of tannin as well as minerality.
Drink from late 2017. Quintessential Wines. —R.V.
abv: 12.5% Price: $20
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Jean-Paul Brun 2015 Pisse Vieille (Brouilly).
This is a ripe, soft and rich cru wine. With
its attractive cherries and gentle tannic structure, it
is fruity and easy. The acidity that comes through at
the end gives the wine a crisp aftertaste. Drink now.
Louis/Dressner Selections. —R.V.
abv: 12.5% Price: $27
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Pardon et Fils 2015 Les Quartelets (Brouilly).
Produced from cru vines at the base of Mount
Brouilly, the wine has structure as well as ripe blackplum
fruits. It is generous and its fruit is well balanced
by acidity and solid tannins. The wines is
ready to drink. Lionstone International. —R.V.
abv: 13% Price: $23
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Château de Corcelles 2015 Brouilly. In its
traditional Beaujolais bottle, like the onepint
pot that was served in local restaurants, this
is a soft and fruity wine. It has classic red-cherry
fruits and light tannins. The aftertaste is juicy with
just a hint of banana. Seaview Imports. —R.V.
abv: 13.5% Price: $20
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Château des Tours 2015 Brouilly. Planted
around a 12th-century fortress, the vines of
this estate have given a crisp wine with red-berry
fruit. Along with its fruit, the wine has fine bright
acidity and a core of dryer tannins. Like most cru
wines from Beaujolais’s biggest appellation, it is
ready to drink now. Baron Francois Ltd. —R.V.
abv: 14% Price: $20
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Georges Duboeuf 2015 Domaine de la Martingale
(Brouilly). This nine-acre property
has produced a fruity wine that has only the lightest
tannins. It is much more to do with red cherries, red
currants and crisp acidity. The wine is ready to drink.
Quintessential Wines. —R.V.
abv: 13% Price: $20
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Henry Fessy 2015 Brouilly. Produced from
Henry Fessy’s own cru vineyards, the wine
is fruity and very accessible to drink young. Generous
berry fruits and soft tannins make this an
attractive wine. The aftertaste brings in light acidity.
Drink now. Louis Latour Inc. —R.V.
abv: 13.5% Price: $20
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Jean Loron 2015 Château de Bellevue
(Brouilly). The wine comes from vineyards
surrounding a stylish 19th-century chateau. With
its bright red-berry fruit, the wine is crisp and only
lightly structured. It is a cru wine to drink soon to
appreciate its fruitiness. —R.V.
abv: 12.5%
Price: $NA
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Georges Duboeuf 2015 Flower Label
(Brouilly). The wine is soft and fruity. Red
berry and cherry flavors have a hint of banana as
well as the layers of crisp acidity. Drink this fresh
wine now. Quintessential Wines. —R.V.
abv: 13% Price: $20
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CÔTE DE BROUILLY
Domaine Baron de l’Ecluse 2015 Les Garances
(Côte de Brouilly). From a parcel on this
12-acre estate, the wine is structured and rich. It
has layers of firm tannins under the black fruits.
Acidity and a crisp mineral texture mix with the
solid structure and concentration. The aftertaste
shows the generous future of this fine cru wine.
Drink from 2018. Vineyard Road. —R.V.
abv: 13% Price: $29
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Domaine Baron de l’Ecluse 2015 Vieilles Vignes
(Côte de Brouilly). This is an ageworthy wine
from 60-year-old vines. There is a fine structure
that offers rich tannins and equally rich black plum
fruits. It is worth keeping this finely structured cru
wine to allow its tannins to integrate and soften.
Drink from 2018. Vineyard Road. —R.V.
abv: 13% Price: $25
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Stéphane Aviron 2014 Vieilles Vignes (Côte
de Brouilly). Old vines, at least 40-yearsold,
are behind this ripely structured wine. It was
wood aged to give the extra richness this producer
looks for. With concentration and tannins, this cru
will age. Drink from 2018. Frederick Wildman &
Sons, Ltd. —R.V.
abv: 13% Price: $19
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Trenel Fils 2015 Côte de Brouilly. With its
hint of acidity along with the textured fruit,
this is a fruity wine that is balanced between richness
and crispness. It has a light tannic structure
that gives the wine its shape and ability to age for a
few more months before drinking. Drink from mid-
2017. Terlato Wines International. —R.V.
abv: 13.5% Price: $25
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Domaine Baron de l’Ecluse 2015 L’Ecluse
(Côte de Brouilly). This is an early drinking
style of wine. It is warm and ripe with attractive soft
tannins and plenty of red fruits and balancing acidity.
The wine will just need to calm its bubbly fruitiness
and will be ready to drink during late 2017.
Vineyard Road. —R.V.
abv: 13% Price: $22
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Georges Duboeuf 2015 Domaine Du Riaz
(Côte de Brouilly). The cru wine is soft, full
of cherry fruits and with a light touch of tannin.
With its fruit, it is open and generous with a crisp
aftertaste. Drink now. Quintessential Wines. —R.V.
abv: 13% Price: $20
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Ferraud et Fils 2015 Domaine Rolland (Côte
de Brouilly). This is an open light wine. It
has some attractive tannins as well as red-berry
fruits. With its structure, it will age for several
more months to give a fuller wine—hopefully with
the richness that is missing at the moment. Drink
from late 2017. The Wine Merchant. —R.V.
abv: 12.5%
Price: $NA
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Georges Duboeuf 2015 Flower Label (Côte de
Brouilly). Cool and crisp with red-currant
fruits, this is a fruity wine that also has layers of
acidity. It has a tight mineral texture that balances
the fruit. Drink now. Quintessential Wines. —R.V.
abv: 13% Price: $20
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Henry Fessy 2015 Côte de Brouilly. The wine
is tight with acidity and red-currant fruits.
It has structure and tannins as well as the fruitiness.
That means the cru needs to age a few months,
so drink from mid-2017. Louis Latour Inc. —R.V.
abv: 13% Price: $18
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RHÔNE VALLEY
CÔTE RÔTIE
E. Guigal 2011 Château d’Ampuis (Côte
Rôtie). The essence of the appellation
smokes out from the glass, offering hints of cracked
pepper, bacon, clove and leather. It’s reasonably
full-bodied for Côte Rôtie, with feral, smokedmeat
flavors, ample spice and plenty of the concentrated
plummy fruit. Tannins are silky, making
this approachable now, but likely capable of aging
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