salty finish and remarkable minerality will only deepen over the coming decades—a wine for patient collectors
7 km west of Nuits-Saint-Georges
100% Grand Cru Chardonnay from the Cotes de Blancs
From the producer: Volans Blanco tequila unaged and made from fully mature Blue Weber Agave & a mix of three sources of water – Rain
tiny production brandies themselves
Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 060526OFFER salty finish and remarkable mineralityCote 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