Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 no ups The nose is fresh and

The nose is fresh and layered

Production runs to only a few hundred bottles a year

A natural spring on the distillery grounds supplies the production water

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Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 no ups The nose is fresh andCote 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