Château Thivin - Côte de Brouilly - Zaccharie - Rouge - 2022

Wine:

The 2022 red Côte de Brouilly Cuvée Zaccharie is a wine that reveals itself with restraint, hinting at a fuller potential with a few more years of aging. While patience is key, the hallmarks of a major success are already present: ripe, concentrated aromas of stone fruits and black cherries, a meaty and tannic structure that’s elegantly wrapped, and a wine carried by intense tension and freshness. The finish is sublime, the experience magical. This timeless, age-worthy wine is set to dazzle once again in a few years and will continue to impress over the next 15 years.

Vinification:

Hand-harvested, aged for 9 months, 1/10th in new barrels and the rest in barrels aged 1 to 5 years.

Color:

An intense red.

Nose:

Black cherry and stone fruit aromas.

Palate:

Tannic and full-bodied, with beautifully ripe flavors of fruit, this cuvée has great tension, delivering a very fresh, long-lasting taste

Temperature:

Serve between 16 and 18°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Charcuterie, Beaujolais sausage, roast squab and its cooking juices.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2035, and even longer for enthusiasts.

Château Thivin, a three-star marvel in the RVF Guide, is a Beaujolais treasure, distinguished with elegance. Even Robert Parker lists it among the world's top 20 wines for quality-to-price ratio. This acclaim stems from their wines' flawless style, which perfectly encapsulates the lush essence of Gamay grapes.

The Geoffray family's crowning achievement, their Zaccharie cuvée, stands as a proud emblem of excellence. It's widely regarded as one of the most captivating and complete Gamays, a worthy rival to the grandest of Burgundies. Each vintage enchants, prompting our Committee to muse that with eyes closed, one might easily mistake it for a Gevrey-Chambertin or Vosne-Romanée...