Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 no ups and vanilla across a long

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every bottle of Belle Meade Reserve is rich and full-flavored

noble woods and curry

The nose is fresh and layered

A natural spring on the distillery grounds supplies the production water

Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 no ups and vanilla across a longCote 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