Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 NO20230927 A warm 2019 harvest produced

A warm 2019 harvest produced fresh

I chose to treat these grapes as I would a Pinot Noir

and the wine that emerges is stony and floral rather than rich

PalateThe triple distillation ensures this is a smooth and elegant dram

and the Grand Reserve is where the Champagne half of that brain trust really shows

Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 NO20230927 A warm 2019 harvest producedCote de Brouilly wraps the flanks of an extinct volcano, and its blue tinted volcanic stone, the famous "terres bleues," gives Gamay a depth and mineral bite you won't find elsewhere in Beaujolais. For Cuvee Melanie, Daniel Bouland works a tiny, steep, south facing parcel of 70 plus year old vines high on the hill, just above Chateau Thivin. This is his richer, rounder, more decadent bottling: deep and dark fruited, but pulled taut by all that mineral