2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Meursault, Cote de Beaune, France Gravner Kimmeridgian clay-limestone soils

Kimmeridgian clay-limestone soils

and he has 38 acres under vine

at least 80 years of age

Not the usual amount of growth in the vines

this is Riesling at its most focused and elemental

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Meursault, Cote de Beaune, France Gravner Kimmeridgian clay-limestone soilsChardonnay 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