The Côte de Beaujolais/brouilly">Brouilly is one of the 10 crus appellations of the Beaujolais region. It covers the slopes of the dormant volcano of Mont Brouilly in Central Beaujolais. The area is entirely surrounded by the vineyards of the much larger Brouilly appellation, but it is home to a significantly different style of wine, made from the Gamay Grape. Côte de Brouilly wines are concentrated and Elegant, with Floral">floral characters, and are less earthy than their Brouilly counterparts.
The appellation covers only red wines. However, legislation allows a small amount of white grapes in addition to Gamay. The wine growers can use Chardonnay, Aligoté or Melon de Bourgogne. The Côte de Brouilly appellation covers one of the smallest areas of all the Beaujolais crus, and is also one of the most southerly.
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
red wines from the region of Côte de Brouilly go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of pasta "carbonara" à la française, delicious veal stew or pork roll with tomato sauce.
On the nose in the region of Côte de Brouilly often reveals types of flavors of raspberry, non oak or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit. In the mouth in the region of Côte de Brouilly is a with a nice freshness.
