Daniel Bouland Cote de Brouilly "Cuvee Melanie" 2023

$32.99 on 6+ (code: 6saves2) 92 pts VinousThe 2023 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée Mélanie, which comes from 70-year-old vines, has a lovely and well-defined bouquet with ebullient black plum and cassis scents, hints of crushed violet and a pinch of cracked black peppercorns. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe tannins, fleshy and plush yet with real structure and a long, harmonious finish. Superb. - By Neal Martin on March 2025 91 pts John Gilman - View from the Cellar“The Côte de Brouilly “Cuvée Mélanie” from Daniel Bouland is one of his riper bottlings in 2023, coming in at 14.5 percent octane this year and was probably the last Cru to be harvested by the family. The wine offers up a deep and sappy bouquet of black cherries, black plums, woodsmoke, gamebird, stony soil tones, peonies, violets and a touch of fresh thyme in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, ripe, full-bodied and complex, with a superb core of fruit, fine focus and grip, moderate tannins and a long