Bonnet-Cotton Brouilly '100% Cotton' 2023 Beaujolais, France

Style 😋: Medium bodied, lively, and super drinkable. Red cherries, wild herbs, and a whisper of tea-like tannin make this a fresh, juicy take on Brouilly that’s hard to put down.

Producer: Bonnet-Cotton (Pierre Cotton & Marine Bonnet)

Grape 🍇: 100% Gamay

Place 🌎: Brouilly, Beaujolais, France

Story 📖: Brouilly ‘100% Cotton’ was the second wine Pierre Cotton ever made, from his family’s vineyards just outside of Odenas in the lower-elevation Brouilly AOC. The name stuck, even as he and his partner Marine Bonnet began making other wines—all of which are, fittingly, also 100% Cotton. Brouilly tends to be a little lighter and more open-knit than their Côte de Brouilly bottling, and this one delivers that easygoing energy in spades.

Brouilly ‘100% Cotton’ is a perfect intro to the Bonnet-Cotton style. Whole-cluster fermentation brings aromatic lift, and aging in old barrels adds a touch of texture without oak flavor. It’s the kind of wine that makes you want to open a second bottle before you’ve finished the first.

Pairing 🍽: Smashburgers with Dijon and Comté.