Brice
Coteaux Champenois Grand Cru Bouzy Rouge
Bouzy, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, France
Love this style of wine. Nose jumps out at you with bright cherry fruit, spice, loads of minerals and lovely forest floor. Ripe and lurid. Soupy in the best way. Really airy, high toned and just so aromatic. Very impressed. Palate is sweet and succulent with very impressive tang and length. A haunting opulent and terrific texture adds to the allure. Fresh and juicy with terrific energy and purity. Long with superb powdery tannins.
Love this style of wine. Nose jumps out at you with bright cherry fruit, spice, loads of minerals and lovely forest floor. Ripe and lurid. Soupy in the best way. Really airy, high toned and just so aromatic. Very impressed. Palate is sweet and succulent with very impressive tang and length. A haunting opulent and terrific texture adds to the allure. Fresh and juicy with terrific energy and purity. Long with superb powdery tannins.
Mar 20th, 2021Showing out of its mind today. Needed 25 minutes as it showed nothing initially. Now it’s huge cranberry, mineral and chalk tones. Some light raspberry as well. Big evocative complex nose. Complex, tart, concentrated and deep with great freshness and lithe tannins. So elegant, delicate and pure. Wonderful.
Showing out of its mind today. Needed 25 minutes as it showed nothing initially. Now it’s huge cranberry, mineral and chalk tones. Some light raspberry as well. Big evocative complex nose. Complex, tart, concentrated and deep with great freshness and lithe tannins. So elegant, delicate and pure. Wonderful.
Mar 9th, 2019
What you get when a champagne maker makes a red still wine. This is tart, taut, and tight as hell, even after a full day of air, but the fruit is clean and pure, the finish is both long and tannic. Will be interesting to see this evolve. @Lyle Fass says this is a cross between Volnay and Chiroubles - I see what he means, but would probably say Mercurey before Volnay.
What you get when a champagne maker makes a red still wine. This is tart, taut, and tight as hell, even after a full day of air, but the fruit is clean and pure, the finish is both long and tannic. Will be interesting to see this evolve. @Lyle Fass says this is a cross between Volnay and Chiroubles - I see what he means, but would probably say Mercurey before Volnay.
3 people found it helpfulAug 28th, 2017
Thigh and closed. Nose is very calm. Some dark berries (dark cherries, blackberry). Good acidity and tannins. Not much is going on; not impressed overall.
Thigh and closed. Nose is very calm. Some dark berries (dark cherries, blackberry). Good acidity and tannins. Not much is going on; not impressed overall.
2 people found it helpfulJul 5th, 2018What a unique pInot. Mid season cherry, strawberry, pepper, cracked rock dust minerality. Earthy sous bois as well. So fragrant and so divided by stunning cherry fruit and forceful minerals. Palate has loads of volume and amplitude and generous ripe fruit but it is in no way sweet like Burgundy can be. This is as mineral as Pinot Noir gets. Great concentration and texture. Just a great wine that is so so distinct.
What a unique pInot. Mid season cherry, strawberry, pepper, cracked rock dust minerality. Earthy sous bois as well. So fragrant and so divided by stunning cherry fruit and forceful minerals. Palate has loads of volume and amplitude and generous ripe fruit but it is in no way sweet like Burgundy can be. This is as mineral as Pinot Noir gets. Great concentration and texture. Just a great wine that is so so distinct.
1 person found it helpfulMay 9th, 2020
Champagne rouge is so distinctive. There’s something so ephemeral about it. Elegant. More a hint of fruit than actual fruit. Very mineral. A whisper of cherry. Nose is cherry flower. Maybe some licorice flower. What you’d imagine still champagne would be.
A bad day. For some reason this went well with fegato alla veneziana and roasted peppers and fennel.
As this opens the cherry is more pronounced. Really delicious. Nose is more intense. Almost too good for a day like this. Spice on the finish. Very very good.
Bought from fass selections.
Champagne rouge is so distinctive. There’s something so ephemeral about it. Elegant. More a hint of fruit than actual fruit. Very mineral. A whisper of cherry. Nose is cherry flower. Maybe some licorice flower. What you’d imagine still champagne would be.
A bad day. For some reason this went well with fegato alla veneziana and roasted peppers and fennel.
As this opens the cherry is more pronounced. Really delicious. Nose is more intense. Almost too good for a day like this. Spice on the finish. Very very good.
Bought from fass selections.
So much freshness and cracked stone minerality. Underneath there is piercing cherry fruit and a whiff of sweet spice. Lots of intensity in the mouth. There is some fruit but this is bone dry and really shows high-toned savory stoniness. Long, mouthwatering finish. Very unique!
UPDATE: On night 2, still super fresh, but showing more fruit and a sweet mint leaf note. Great wine.
So much freshness and cracked stone minerality. Underneath there is piercing cherry fruit and a whiff of sweet spice. Lots of intensity in the mouth. There is some fruit but this is bone dry and really shows high-toned savory stoniness. Long, mouthwatering finish. Very unique!
UPDATE: On night 2, still super fresh, but showing more fruit and a sweet mint leaf note. Great wine.
DAD had this 7 years ago
DAD had this 7 years ago
1 person found it helpfulOct 7th, 2017Love this wine. Great fruit. Alive on the palate. Bought from fass selections.
Love this wine. Great fruit. Alive on the palate. Bought from fass selections.
1 person found it helpfulJul 30th, 2017
Collin had this 8 years ago
Collin had this 8 years ago
1 person found it helpfulFeb 24th, 2017