Bouland, Daniel 2024 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée Mélanie

The lovely 2024 "Cuvée Mélanie" is from 70 year-old vines on a hillside of volcanic blue schist. This is perhaps the best of the Bouland wines to drink young. "The wine’s aromatic constellation is deep, black fruity and classy, wafting from the glass in a mix of black cherries, dark berries, French roast, a fine base of granitic soil, gamebird, a nice touch of whole clusters and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is focused, full-bodied and has a nice sense of sappiness down deep in the core, with fine mineral undertow, ripe, well-integrated tannins and a long, well balanced and nascently complex finish." VFTC