Domaine du Pavillon de Chavannes, Côte de Brouilly Cuvée de Ambassades (2020) 750ml

100% Gamay

This is a very old school Beaujolais in the best sense: beautiful garnet color, beguiling aromatics, and a burst of refreshment in the mouth—and that burst is a savory, mineral, toothsome thing because of the domain’s high elevations and because of Mont Brouilly’s volcanic blue granite. Some crus emphasize soil notes, others give fruit, but only good Côte de Brouilly gives stone in the flavor. Considered so emblematic of its style it is regularly purchased by the French Foreign Ministry for its embassies around the world, hence the nickname “Ambassades”.