相當(dāng)引人注目（也相當(dāng)幸運(yùn)）的是， Brun 的 2010 年的 Beaujolais Rose de Folie 大約達(dá)到 10,000 瓶。此款酒伴有輕微的草藥味和明顯的酸味，這可能是由于在這個(gè)涼爽的收獲葡萄時(shí)期采摘的相對(duì)較早。散發(fā)著紅覆盆子、玫瑰果的混合香味還有些許花香。余味中伴有令人精力充沛的草藥和水果皮氣息。建議在 6 個(gè)月之內(nèi)飲用。

Brun’s 2008 Beaujolais Rose d’Folie smells of red raspberries, flowers, and greenery; offers a polished, bright, tart, saline, berry-fresh and melon-luscious palate impression; and finishes with refreshing and invigorating reprises of the aforementioned. This represents a vast improvement on most of the numerous Beaujolais roses I have tasted. Enjoy it over the next 6-9 months. Jean-Paul Brun – like Pierre Chermette – made his reputation in Beaujolais the hard way (as if making a reputation anywhere in this region is easy!) by taking a vocal position on quality and crafting exemplary wines with the lowest regional classification, plain “Beaujolais,” from chalk-clay soils in the south. Only then was he able to acquire fruit and eventually properties in the northern, granite-based crus, a collection which now forms a quartet (whose performance in vintage 2007 I missed and Brun did not volunteer to re-stage this spring). Chalk clay soils in the south of Beaujolais distinguish not only the eponymous appellation but also explain the prevalence of Chardonnay – most bottled as Bourgogne Blanc rather than Beaujolais Blanc, and of which Brun’s is not only the best, but one I rate among the world’s handful of consistently finest Chardonnay values.Imported by Louis/Dressner Selections, New York, NY; tel. (212) 334 8191

Brun’s 2007 Beaujolais Rose d’Folie – another outstanding wine of an obscure genre – smells of fresh raspberries and strawberries. These then re-appear on the palate in the most vivid imaginable form. Suggestions of salinity and chalk add further flavor interest, but this wine’s mission is delivering irresistibly luscious red fruits, and that is accomplished at low alcohol and non-existent residual sugar. The prevalence of chalky soils in the south of Beaujolais is the principle reason why this area is classified merely as “Beaujolais” rather than “Beaujolais-Villages.” But it is also a reason why Chardonnay can achieve outstanding results here, even if there are few examples (even fewer of which carry the “Beaujolais Blanc” rather than “Bourgogne” appellation). Jean-Paul Brun’s is not just a too little-known treasure of Beaujolais, it is among the handful of consistently finest value Chardonnays on the planet.Importer: Louis/Dressner Selections, New York, NY; tel. (212) 334-8191