Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 CRUSEBUB the use of an absolute

the use of an absolute minimum of sulphur gives the wine the freedom to express itself totally

Bright and clean

From Dominique Lafon's biodynamic Mâconnais domaine

and tart cherries

wild with herbs -- and Domaine de Sulauze planted it on the mainland

Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 CRUSEBUB the use of an absoluteCote 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