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Côte de Brouilly

The slopes of Mont Brouilly itself, on blue volcanic rock, making a firmer wine than the appellation surrounding it.

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What to expect in the glass

Medium-bodied red with dark cherry, a firmer tannic edge than Brouilly and a stony finish. Worth three to five years.

About Côte de Brouilly

Côte de Brouilly occupies the slopes of an extinct volcanic hill, on a hard blue-green rock locally called cornes vertes.

Better exposure and thinner soils than the surrounding Brouilly give a more concentrated, firmer wine with a distinct mineral grip.

What the name means

Legal name
Côte de Brouilly AOC
Type
Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée / Protégée (AOC / AOP)
Set by
INAO
Regulates
Origin, plus grape varieties, maximum yields, minimum ageing.

The delimited area, permitted varieties, maximum yields, minimum alcohol, pruning and training methods, and in many cases minimum ageing. Administered by INAO.

Grapes

Wines from here

red

Cru Beaujolais

Gamay from the ten named granite hills — structured, mineral and ageworthy, and nothing like Beaujolais Nouveau.

Rules worth knowing

Confirmed in the EU register

Côte de Brouilly is registered as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), file number PDO-FR-A1027, protected at EU level since 1973.

Article 107 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013

Specification published: Official Journal C, C/2026/1937, 27.03.2026 · Official Journal

Only the rules that change what to expect in the glass or on the label. WineHQ does not reproduce production specifications, and each entry carries the date it was last checked because appellation rules change.

The designation is confirmed above. WineHQ has not read this appellation’s production specification, so it publishes no yields, ageing minima or permitted-variety lists for it — those come from the document linked above, not from a summary of it.

What to eat, and how to serve it

Derived from this region’s signature styles. Each is listed separately, because a region does not have one serving temperature.

Cru Beaujolais

Serve at 14–16°C (cellar cool).

Try with turkey, sausage and mash or vegetarian dishes.

Where to go next

Places worth trying if you like this one — neighbours, rivals, and the obvious step across.

  • Brouilly — The largest of the Beaujolais crus, wrapped around a hill that carries a separate and more concentrated appellation of its own.
  • Morgon — The sturdiest of the Beaujolais crus, on decomposed schist, and the one that ages most convincingly into something resembling Burgundy.

Sources

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