Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 NO20230927 it is a pure

it is a pure

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

The 11 year Nick Offerman edition is finished in Guinness casks

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

apricots date back to the 3rd millennia BC via the Silk Road

Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 NO20230927 it is a pureCote 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