2023 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France New Zealand Soil: Sábrego (decomposed granite and

Soil: Sábrego (decomposed granite and sand)

Ikewen Tinto

all delicious

light color

Monterey County

2023 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France New Zealand Soil: Sábrego (decomposed granite andThis biodynamically farmed Chardonnay comes from the high, stony terrace of Chevalier Montrachet, where thin soils over hard limestone give power with exceptional tension. The fruit is hand harvested and gently pressed, then fermented with native yeasts in oak. levage runs about twelve months in barrels with a restrained share of new wood, followed by six months in tank to harmonize before a light fining. The 2023 is concentrated yet crystalline,