PRE-ARRIVAL 2024 Château Thivin Cote de Brouilly 'La Chapelle' 750Ml
Regular price $98.00 Sale price $83.00LANDING JUNE 2026
White-juiced Gamay Noir from vines with an average age of 60 years. This plot lies at the top of Brouilly hill, on a dry soil made up of a blue metamorphic Diorite rock, south-facing with slopes of up to 50%.
This vineyard is planted at a density of 8,000 vignes/ha with grassed and flower strips for diversification of the flora and fauna. Trained in traditional goblet, tied with osier or rattan.
Hand picking, vinification in whole bunches or partially de-stemmed for 14–15 days, matured in oak tuns until the June following the harvest.
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"Quite a radical expression of the appellation, although the tannin structure is by no means enormous. Subtle threads of beetroot and smoky minerality are interwoven with the sour cherry character to give this a wonderful tension right through the long, refined finish. From high up on the south-facing side of the hill of Brouilly from 80 plus year old vines on volcanic diorite soil." 95 Points - Stuart Pigott, James Suckling