Domaine Blain Côte de Brouilly Les Jumeaux
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 average vine age is over 50 years old.
Côte de Brouilly Les Jumeaux (“the twins”) is from 3.7 acres of vines planted in 1954, 1956, and 1996. The vines sit midway up the slope of Mont Brouilly where they grow in a unique soil of blue granite, pink clay, and sand (reminiscent of the Morgon appellation).