Cuvée Godefroy Côte de Brouilly Gamay

See previous notes from April 2022. This is a “serious “ Beaujolais - nothing frivolous about this. I’m getting notes of plum skins together with red currant. My daughter and part time Delectable correspondent, Georgie loved this. She works in Copenhagen and loves natural and skin contact wines (not that this is) and is home for Christmas. Must purchase more Thivin - my last bottle of 2018.

See previous Delectable note 90 weeks ago. Aromatics of dried rose petals with a little herbal spice and a note of fudge. Great mouthfeel. Medium weight palate and intensity. More “serious “ than your average Beaujolais. Red cherry and red currant and a touch of liquorice. Light tannins. This has enough stuffing to cellar for a couple more years.

Love this old old vine cuvee. Complex nose of mid season cherry fruit, florals, huge rocky minerals and rock dust, some game, and lovely dust. So good. Smells ethereally complex. Like a Gamay forest. Palate is deep, deep, deep and so pure with incredible freshness and mineral energy that cleanses the palate. So juicy. Terrific, grainy and caressing tannins. This is a terrific Godefroy that has a very long life ahead of it. Really great depth and serious midpalate density. But the freshness and waves of energy on the finish are what make this wine extra special.