Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 no ups Bochot is his first Blanc

Bochot is his first Blanc de Noirs

while the medium-bodied palate shows round

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

Production runs to only a few hundred bottles a year

Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 no ups Bochot is his first BlancCote 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