2019 Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret Bourgogne Blanc, Burgundy, FranceThe Mongeard family arrived in Vosne Romane in the eighteenth century, with records showing a Mongeard working as vigneron for Domaine de la Romane Conti in 1786. In 1945, Jean Mongeard, whose mother was a Mugneret, found himself making wine at the age of 16 in the place of his father who had died years earlier. The entire 1945 crop was purchased by Baron le Roy, Marquis dAngerville, and Henri Gouges. Gouges instructed the young Mongeard to personally

Simon helps maintain a collective compost pile

Malolactic fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks

lightly pressed

Fabienne (from the Pillot clan)

only for the wine to then "re-boil" in the spring

Rodri allows his fruit to hang longer than his neighbors in the appellation

Fermented entirely in stainless steel and with two-thirds of the wine completing malolactic fermentation

All the emphasis in the production of this exceptional wine is on the singular

Sustainably grown vines on average 30 years old

the juice is then tank-fermented using only native yeast

Spanish Marcona Almonds by Mitica go great with black truffles

Partially destemmed