Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 CRUSEBUB Mongeard-Mugneret's day job is grand

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

quince kefir

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

with sophisticated leather

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

Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 CRUSEBUB Mongeard-Mugneret's day job is grandCote 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