Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 CRUSEBUB with sophisticated leather

with sophisticated leather

and tart cherries

From Dominique Lafon's biodynamic Mâconnais domaine

quince kefir

while the palate coasts with grippy tannins and notes of salted licorice

Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 CRUSEBUB with sophisticated leatherCote 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