Nicole Chanrion Cote de Brouilly 2023

Alcohol: 13%

Grape(s): 100% Gamay

Localization: Cote de Brouilly, Beaujolais, France

Tasting Notes: This is an open-knit red with a light-to-medium-bodied, velvety structure. It encases aromatic cherry, raspberry, and blueberry flavors interwoven with licorice and floral details, expanding through a soft finish of well-integrated tannins.

The Domain: The CHANRION family is a family of wine-growers anchored around Mont Brouilly for eight generations.
Between 1700 and 1900, three generations of Pierre CHANRION worked as a wine-grower in the commune of Quincié-en-Beaujolais.
The latter passed on two properties to his eldest son, Benoît: one in Cercié en Beaujolais and another in the hamlet of Chavannes, in the commune of Quincié-en-Beaujolais. From that time onwards, our family has been running the current estate in Cercié.

After studying at the Lycée Viticole de Beaune and an internship in California's Napa Valley, Nicole returned to her roots in the Beaujolais region when she took over the family's 5-hectare estate in 1979, including 3.5 hectares in Côte de Brouilly. She was one of the first women to become a wine-grower and to manage an estate.

Her father began modernising the estate by equipping the barrel fermentation with stainless steel tanks with temperature control and a pneumatic press. She invests in oenology and vinification, intending to always produce high-quality wines with strong ageing potential.

Committed to the Côte de Brouilly appellation, she is also involved in the profession by becoming president of the Côte de Brouilly appellation.

Romain is the only son of Jean-Pierre and Nicole CHANRION.