93 pts Vinous
Drinking Window 2027 - 2045
The 2023 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée Zaccharie is, as usual, a barrel selection aged in Burgundy barrels for 12 months with 10% new wood. This has a more sensual bouquet with luxurious red berry fruit, allspice and light fireside ash scents blossoming in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied, harmonious and poised with silky tannins, a fine bead of acidity and a pure, slightly peppery note that fans out on the finish. This is very seductive, as usual. The 2023 is superb.
- By Neal Martin on March 2025
Château Thivin is a timeless winery that seems as if it were created at the same time as the Côte de Brouilly hillside where it perches. In my opinion, this is the leading producer of that appellation, consistently crafting a range of characterful wines that are matured in their old foudres. “Two thousand twenty-three was a nice vintage,” Winemaker Sonja Geoffrey told me during my visit. “It was very hot and dry in the summer, including the harvest. But there was good springtime rain, so there was less stress than in 2022. Harvest began on September 7. We tried to pick as quickly as possible, but it still took two weeks, so there was quite a lot of difference in ripeness levels.”