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Cote de Brouilly Vieilles Vignes 2020

Variety: Red | Gamay
Winery: Potel-Aviron
Region: Burgundy, France

Winemaker's Notes - The appellation of Côte de Brouilly sits on the steep slopes of the extinct volcano Mont Brouilly and is surrounded by the larger appellation of Brouilly. The soils here are volcanic with blue stones, from diorite deposits. The Stéphane Aviron Côte de Brouilly is sourced from two separate vineyards of these slopes. The first makes up about 75% of the blend and sits in the poor soils facing southwest on the hillside. Vines average 60+ years old in this parcel and these grapes account for the wine’s depth and structure. The second parcel faces due south with younger vines (45+ years) and contributes ripe juicy fruit to the final blend.

CRU/JRM - Stephane Aviron's wines are stunning value for money. Highly respected and consistently well made. This is silky and moreish.

145.00 TTD

Burgundy, France

In the slopes and valleys of the Saône (tributary of the Rhône river), Eastern France, the Burgundy region can be found. Owing to a complex and varied Terroir and an ancient history of wine-making (possibly dating as far back at 15BC), some of the most famous wines of the world were born here. These are known as the ‘Burgundies’ or ‘vin de Bourgogne’ (French).

Part of a vast, tropical sea over 200 million years ago, the region came to have soil rich in limestone and marl, with the Côte d’Or limestone ridge—which consists the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune regions—sitting at the heart of Burgundy. The dry, red wines of Côte de Nuits’s Pinot Noir grapes owe their complexity to this geology; So too the crispy, mineral, Chardonnay wines of the Côte de Beaune region and the Chablis commune.

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