Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 NO20230927 and the Grand Reserve is

and the Grand Reserve is where the Champagne half of that brain trust really shows

and the wine that emerges is stony and floral rather than rich

apricots date back to the 3rd millennia BC via the Silk Road

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Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly Cuvee Melanie 2023 NO20230927 and the Grand Reserve isCote 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