Domaine Blain Brouilly

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Wine Description

Domaine Blain was founded in 2014 when siblings Lucie and Marc-Antonin Blain acquired 14 acres of vineyards planted with old vines on the slopes of Mont Brouilly in Beaujolais. Marc-Antonin maintains the vineyards and vinifies the wine while Lucie runs the business. The wines are vinified in Chassagne-Montrachet.

Marc-Antonin and Lucie own vineyards in the southernmost crus of Brouilly and Côte de Brouilly. Brouilly is the largest cru and gives soft and fruity wines, while Côte de Brouilly is a volcanic slope that gives more structured wines. Vines are trained in the traditional Gobelet and the average vine age is over 50 years old.

Brouilly comes from vineyards located at the base of Mont Brouilly and is a cuvée of Domaine Blain (10%) and a parcel of 50-year-old vines from Domaine de Briante (90%). Grapes are hand-harvested and transported to Chassagne-Montrachet by refrigerated truck where they're 100% destemmed and fermented with natural yeasts in an upright wooden vat for twenty days. The wine is then aged in a concrete egg for eight months. 

Pallet of Bottles
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Bottles in Cellar
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Grape Press
Domaine Blain Soeur et Frère Brouilly
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Jumeaux and Pierre Bleue
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Pierre Bleue Vineyard
Sorting Grapes
Stainless Steel Tanks
Stainless Steel Tanks
Vineyard Work
Wood Tanks
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Acclaim
“Fruity but dry with cherry, cranberry and raspberry fruit, herbs and forest floor. Elegant with a bit of minerality. Very good."
— Winston - Salem Journal, Jun 2021
“Brilliant violet color. Aromas of fresh red/blue fruits, candied flowers and smoky minerals pick up a spicy nuance with air. Taut and focused on the palate, offering appealingly sweet raspberry, boysenberry and spicecake flavors that very slowly loosen up on the back half. Shows appealing vivacity and finishes gently sweet and quite long, with fine-grained tannins making a late appearance.”
— Vinous, Oct 2019
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Vineyard & Production Info
Soil composition
Volcanic
Bottles produced of this wine:
8,500
Average Vine Age:
50 years
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Winemaking & Aging
Varietal composition:
100% Gamay
Fining agent:
None
Total SO2
50
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.7
Acidity:
3.6 g/L
Alcohol:
13.2 %
Total SO2
50
Residual sugar:
0.2 g/L