2023 Christian Bellang & Fils Meursault, Cote de Beaune, France Stagiaire floating cap fermentation for 15/20

floating cap fermentation for 15/20 days

agroforestry

released in the Spring of 2024

Working in this parcel

and ultra 100 year old vines on native rootstock (piede franco)

2023 Christian Bellang & Fils Meursault, Cote de Beaune, France Stagiaire floating cap fermentation for 15/20Drawn from clay limestone parcels around the village, this Chardonnay is pressed as whole clusters and fermented cool to keep the line taut, then raised about a year on fine lees in mostly used barrels with a light touch of new oak. Full malolactic and a quiet levage bring texture without heaviness, so the 2023 reads classically Meursaultripe pear and lemon oil with white flowers, a gentle hazelnut echo, and a clean, chalk saline finish that feels