In part due to hail in this sector, the volume of Duboeuf 2010 Chiroubles is small, but the quality is admirable. Coriander-dusted red currant and red raspberry on the nose carry over onto a bright, juicy, positively tart, buoyant palate. There is a savory underlying sense of meaty pan-drippings that, combined with vivacity of fruit, make for mouthwateringly good value. Duboeuf notes that the individual, grower-specific components of this cuvee were especially disparate in character from one another. They have come together very nicely, then. George Duboeuf and his estate-collaborators – for further general comments on whom consult my issue 190 report – harvested from mid-September into the first week of October and pronounced themselves reasonably satisfied with the size of their crop as well as its quality. Most of the fruit came in at between 12-12.5% alcohol, with only a small share being chaptalized. And while the manner of extraction typically practiced chez Duboeuf strikes me as serving for rather uniformly deep colors, Duboeuf remarked that the 2010s colored with particular, and surprising, ease. The percentage of wines bottled at the time of my June visit was, predictably, considerably higher than had been the case for the 2009s at the same point on the calendar. Observing conventions established in the aforementioned previous report, I have made reference to aging potential only for any wines that I expect might be worth following for longer than a couple of years, and where I have identified a wine solely by appellation, it represents a so-called “Selections Georges Duboeuf” cuvee, adorned with his company’s signature flower labels. I also tasted on this occasion several late-released, wooded “prestige” bottlings – rendered in 1,000-2,500 volumes – which however were not destined to appear in U.S. markets.Importer: William Deutsch & Son Ltd., White Plains, NY; tel. (914) 251-9463

這個(gè) Beaujolais 氣候涼爽的葡萄園在 2010 年釀制的葡萄酒，都表現(xiàn)出果香濃郁的特征。該酒結(jié)構(gòu)平衡，帶有紅色漿果風(fēng)味。該酒可能需要再熟成 1 至 2 年。評(píng)分：86。

The Duboeuf 2009 Chiroubles features generous aromas and juicy persistence of ripe strawberry, cassis, and blackberry, with a liqueur-like overtone, and finishes with hints of sage, cassis leaf and berry seeds supplying some sense of contrast, albeit slightly reductive, and with considerable refreshment, lift, and no sense of superficial sweetness. This fine value will almost certainly improve once it puts a few months between itself and its recent bottling. The vast and on the whole stylistically consistent range of Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais bottlings – a majority issuing from individual domaines – represents a reliable source of value, and this has seldom been more true (nor has the range – most, but not all of which, I tasted – been more vast) than from 2009, which it is clear Duboeuf considers as fine a vintage as he has witnessed – although he notes, “It was very difficult this year to choose the date of bottling,” and many wines were still in tank awaiting that decision when I tasted in April. I continue to find as a general rule that Duboeuf’s wines are best drunk within two years of bottling, so in my notes I have made reference to aging potential only for any wines that I expect might be exceptions to that rule of thumb. (Wines identified solely by their appellation are so-called “Selections Georges Duboeuf” cuvees, labeled with his company’s signature flower labels. There are Regnie and Chenas selection bottlings that I did not taste, the latter being the sole bottling of its appellation this vintage, due to the ravages of hail.)Importer: William Deutsch & Son Ltd., White Plains, NY; tel. (914) 251-9463