Winery - Brosseau
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Bill Brosseau is Testarossa’s winemaker and now he has his own brand, from his vineyard up in the Gavilan mountains. It’s a very good Chard, a little tight in minerals and acidity, but oak adds richness to the tropical fruit and apricot flavors. It’s delicious and a pretty good value.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This Syrah is so good, it makes you wonder if the Chalone appellation isn’t more Rhône than Burgundy. The vines were incredibly low-yielding, giving only 1.2 tons to the acre, and the flavors are intensely concentrated in cassis, black cherry, blueberry jam and vanilla mocha. Soft and gentle, the wine seems best now for its voluptuous fruit.
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Brosseau Syrah - 2005
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Up there in the Chalone hills they have a lot of limestone, and you can taste the flint and chalk in this wine even through the lavish tropical fruit and spice. It’s a really interesting Chardonnay that’s quite fancy and elegantly structured, and it will hold for a good six years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Brosseau scored with this bottling last year, and the ’06 is as good, showing the same classy elegance. It’s drily tannic, but enormously rich in currants, with complexities of smoky leather, tobacco, olive tapenade and tamari-sauteed wild mushrooms. Delicious now, and should develop bottle complexities through 2012.
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Brosseau Syrah - 2006
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