Domaine Rougeot 'La Monatine' Bourgogne Cote d'Or, 2023 chablis yet bone dry

yet bone dry

Highly perfumed and lifted

young tree bark

but as one of the great Nebbiolo based wines of Italy and in doing so has become a beacon of light for the whole zone

Domaine Rougeot 'La Monatine' Bourgogne Cote d'Or, 2023 chablis yet bone dry100% Chardonnay, just outside of Meursault. The organic grapes are sourced from 60 year old vines from a small vineyard plot facing south southeast. Hand harvested and direct pressed into barrel where indigenous yeast fermentation and malolactic conversion take place. The wine ages for 11 18 months in used oak barrels before bottling. The richness and palpability of Meursault comes through in this bottling, with faint but sharp citrus and orchard