Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 CRUSEBUB Bright and clean

Bright and clean

Mongeard-Mugneret's day job is grand cru Vosne-Romanee - Echezeaux

The tropical Goa climate accelerates maturation in ex-bourbon barrels—what takes a decade in Scotland happens faster in India's heat

this Cabernet Sauvignon channels the region's mineral terroir through clay-limestone and ancient alluvial soils

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

Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 CRUSEBUB Bright and cleanCote 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