Côte de Brouilly, 2017

Côte de Brouilly, 2017Deep, blood red core fading to a purple rim. An intense, powerful and meaty nose of forest floor fruits, dried black cherries and raisins, with hints of hay, eucalyptus, smoke and dark chocolate. On the palate the wine is amazingly intense with great power and grip. Ultra ripe fruit, with plums, loganberries and blackcurrant all to the fore, with additional mineral elements and hints of pomegranate and cranberry. Full, round, layered and complex, this

Ripe but not sweet

Pale straw tinged through with green fading to a water white rim

in the tiny Toppe Citeau vineyard

blackcurrant and cherry compote fruit notes and hints of black tea

with notes of lemon

salted caramel and black pepper

Great texture and grip

smoke and tar

There is excellent structure and balance

Concentrated

fading to a pale pink rim

mocha and treacle and dark chocolate