2021 Xavier Monnot Meursault "Les Chevalières", Burgundy, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Les Chevalires is a lieu dit lying behind the town of Meursault in the valley leading towards Auxey Duresses. It is one of several lieux dits in Meursault that perform above their official village level status. The soil of Les Chevalires is very stony and the wine typically displays a strong mineral character, firm acidity, and piercing tension. There is always a big spine of acidity in Chevalires," says Monnot. Aged from 12 to 14

It was blended and bottled in the summer of 2017 following cold stabilisation and the vintage released in 2022 after 6 years of ageing

blending from different altitudes and lava flows

intuitively

is now famed for its low level of intervention

The cuvee consists of 40% Pinot Meunier

Brewery Location:Fukui Prefecture

the terroir benefits from the Mediterranean climate so beneficial for traditional southern varietals such as Grenache

9 hectares of Pugnitello

The commitment to that belief has not

The vines are newly planted

This 100% Syrah comes from very old vines (originally planted in the 1870's) on sandy soil in the flats just east of the Cornas appellation

some botrytis can occur)