Bourgogne 'Sous la Roche' 2023

New oak is a bit like makeup.
Use just the right amount, and it enhances natural beauty. Use too much, and you end up looking like a clown 🤡

That pretty much sums up the wise balance of this wine, aged in the Burgundian style in two-year-old barrels.
The oak brings out the primary notes of nectarine, lemon, and apple, wrapping them in a silky texture with hints of fresh butter, frangipane, and a touch of hazelnut. It’s a taut, creamy, silky, mineral wine. Primary, secondary, and tertiary notes all coexist in harmony.

Personally, it’s the kind of wine that restores my faith in humanity 🙏
Perfect balance does exist, and we need frequent reminders—like this wine—to bring us back when we get lost in the rat race 🤖

A small but important note on 2023.
The vast majority of white Burgundies will have small amounts of residual sugar. It was a sunny vintage, but strangely enough, it doesn’t hurt the wines. In fact, it makes them even more expressive.

Region: Bourgogne
Grape: 100% Chardonnay
Alcohol: 12.5%
Total SO2: 35 mg/L
Service: 12.°C.
Residual sugar: 1 gr/L 

Tech facts: 

100% Chardonnay. from a micro 25 acres vineyard located on the commune of Culles Les Roches in the Côte Chalonnaise appellation. Limestone marl hill facing south. Manually harvested. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and elevage in two years old Burgundian oak barrels.  Unfiltered. No fining.