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Brouilly
The word brouilly finds its origins from the name of Brulius , officer of the
Roman army, who settled there. This name was given to the hill (485m) which constitutes one of the vineyard's reference. No village in the region has been given the name "Brouilly".
In 1769, the six villages producing this silky wine already played an important part
in the viticultural scene: they belonged to the 16 parishes of the beaujolais allowed to sell their wines in Paris. However, back then, the vine growing was far from being their main activity. (on average, only 1/5 of the land was dedicated to vine growing).
In Brouilly, as in the whole Beaujolais, people liked stories and symbols. It is said
that the Brouilly Mount was created after Gargantua emptied his hood full of stones…
There is also the story of " Pisse-Vieille ", who gave her name to one of the Cru most famous climate . The " Mariette " was a pious wine grower who regularly went to see her priest in order to confess her sins. As she never had anything serious to confess, the priest said once to her "Leave! And Do no longer Piss". In Beaujolais' dialect this means "Do no longer sin ". What happened then can easily be imagined! Mariette was only relieved from her sufferings when her husband went to ask the priest for some more explanations".
Côte de Brouilly
The word brouilly finds its origin in the name of Brulius , officer of the Roman
d army, who settled there. This name was given to the hill (485m) which constitutes one of the vineyard reference. No village in the region has been given the name "Brouilly".
In 1769, the six villages producing this silky wine already play an important part in the viticultural scene: they belong to the 16 parishes of the beaujolais allowed to sell their wines in Paris. However, back then, the vine growing was far from being their main activity. (on average, only 1/5 of the land was dedicated to vine growing).
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