COTE BROUILLY 10 CHANRION

WINE ADVOCATE 90 POINTS - "Nicole Chanrion - who, amazingly, said she began picking last year already on September 10, yet at 12.7% potential alcohol - had only bottled her 2010 Cote de Brouilly two days before she poured it for me. Scents of fresh black raspberry set the tone for a vivacious and juicy, yet surprisingly plush palate on which piquant notes of huckleberry, toasted pecan, and crushed stone serve for counterpoint and savory salinity for saliva-inducement. This is a fine exhibition of Chanrion's talents and those of the 2010 vintage. I would expect it to perform well for at least 4-5 more years. (The - at least, by this estate's standards - deep, dark 2009, on which I reported in issue 190, is like many of that vintage currently showing its tannic teeth and bitter edge, yet also its complexity.)"