2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Meursault, Cote de Beaune, France Guerila followed by powerful but supremely

followed by powerful but supremely elegant fruit on the palate

The resulting Chardonnay is deeply textural yet restrained

this white wine

we tasted the base wine for the 2023 Crémant du Jura

Le Petit Prince and my all time favorite and friend

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Meursault, Cote de Beaune, France Guerila followed by powerful but supremelyChardonnay from stony limestoneclay parcels in Meursault; the domaine farms biodynamically in practice and harvests by hand. Grapes are pressed as whole clusters, the must settles briefly by gravity, and fermentation begins with indigenous yeasts in older 228 L pices with no new oak. levage runs 1215 months on fine lees with minimal btonnage; SO is modest and added after malolactic to protect the wine. Bottling is done with minimal handling, with a