Pooneet K

9.2

Really very nice. Always love the wines from Thivin and the years have been good here. Great depth and density. Nice cherry and earth on the palate, with good acid to keep it together. Tasty pairing with crispy pan seared chicken thighs. — 18 days ago

Robert Ahlstrom

8.9

Garnet opaque, light bodied with noticeable acidity, red berries including currants — 4 months ago

Craig Becraft

9.1

Drinking wonderfully right now beautiful complexity, depth, and nice, dark fruit earth and herbs and just the right amount of tannins in finish — 6 months ago

K

10

Light, well balanced, fruity. Ate to Margareta pizza and it was perfect — 5 years ago

Paul A

9.1

In magnum. Quite pleasant. — 7 years ago

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Matthew Christ

9.2

This was good, but my mute palate has a hard time with nuance in these wines. Don’t get me wrong, great wine, but probably needed more decant or something. For the purported “value” of this, I would rather buy the single vintage Thivin wines all day long — 8 years ago

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Maciej Kurka

9.0

As good as Chateau Thivin — 9 years ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of two days. Consistent throughout. The 2014 pours a slightly hazy purple/garnet color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe and tart strawberry, blackberry, purple flowers, dried green herbs, horse blanket and rocky minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose, the finish is medium. A Côte de Brouilly of great character. Drink now through 2034. — 2 months ago

David Dorn

9.2

Beautiful wine! I could drink this all the time! Kermit lynch always comes through 👌🏻 — 4 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Tons of tangy blackberry, ripe black cherry and such purity. Reminds me of Thivin. So much mineral and loam. Bright and earthy. Super detailed and great clarity. Mimics Cote de Brouilly. Awesome texture and sappiness. Such vibrancy and tangy blackberry and deep, vivid black cherry fruit. Terrific freshness and energy and Rudi cloud fruit sap on the long finish. Dynamite. So complex and classy. Really great tension and the minerality shines through. So much crunch. Nose opens more and more. Amazing balance. — 5 years ago

Brian Andrews

9.1

Great with mushroom risotto — 6 years ago

Stefan Kohler

9.0

Inga konstigheter. — 7 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.4

This is stunning. The color is highly saturated, almost like a Cali Petite Sirah, but totally luminous. Nose is redolent of ripe, zingy red berries and clean cracked stones. Ridiculously pure, intense fruit, with nice subtle stones underneath. But the acidity is totally unexpected for a '15, and really pulls this together. This is at the genius level of a Thivin cru. Wish I had more than one. Exceptional. And I had never even heard of this producer before!

UPDATE: I just noticed that the back label says 15%. Glad I didn't see that before I rated it as it probably would have negatively affected my rating. Never seen a 15% Bojo before. Thank you coal. — 9 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

N: cocoa.

P: sweet blackberry fruit. Elegant though. Grippy. — 3 months ago

David Valenti

9.0

Smokey and fruity. Thick and rich, rather concentrated for a Gamay. — 5 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Super expressive nose of luscious Gamay fruit. Super grapey and very carbonic. Loads of berry and jelly donut. Huge spice and depth. The nose is so expansive. Smells like a fruitier Thivin. Floral like nothing else. Mashed flowers. But so fresh and at peak bloom. Palate is gorgeous with high toned grippy berry fruit and very suave tannins. High acid here. Florals are such vivid roses. Terrific freshness and concentration. Sappy and so dense and this is a Gamay for the long haul. What a finish. Keeps snaking all over your palate for minutes. Now way way floral after air. This is 40% whole bunch. So aromatic. Amazing sweet fruit and tannins. 23 bottled 5 months earlier than it was in 21. Loess soil. What a finish just keeps going and going. This really needs 3-4 years. Now after 8 hours nose is darkly floral, meaty, dark in general. Palate is super supple and sweet with awesome juiciness and length. So good. 9.3 to 9.4. Much more expansive and supple toddy. Really broad floral aromas and stunning supple texture. 9.4 to 9.5. — 2 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.1

Hard to keep my hands off these. So vibrant & fresh, but with plenty of high toned fruit. I need much more Gamay Rose in my life. — 6 years ago

Dan R

9.2

No formal notes but Thivin is just so solid. Great energy, electric fruit and acid combo. Delicious — 7 years ago

Maciej Kurka

9.0

Very deep ruby color reminiscent of Chateau Thivin '15. Good grip with decent minerality. Young and very drinkable. — 9 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.1

Both fun and thoughtful. With a little air, nose shows very pure and fresh blackberry/cassis, just-cracked peppercorns, cracked stones, and pink grapefruit rind. Soft texture, loads of flavor in an uber-fresh package. So lively and fun. Syrah's answer to Chateau Thivin. — 9 years ago

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