Bernard Millot Meursault En La Barre (750ml)

100% Chardonnay from the lieu dit “En La Barre” in the village of Meursault in Burdgundy’s Cote de Beaune escarpment.  Most of the vineyards here face southeast and lie on limestone and limestone-rich marl soils.  Meursault is located in the middle of the Cote de Beaune and is the largest wine producing village in the Cote d’Or and the vast majority of the wine is high quality Chardonnay.  Wine writer Matt Kramer wrote, “If gold were a flavor, it would taste like Meursault”.     

This wine is made via direct pressing for 3 to 4 hours; with static débourbage; an ambient yeast alcoholic fermentation in barrels followd by malolactic fermentation in barrels.  20% new oak barrels and 80% barrels of 2 to 10 uses; maturation on lees for 12 months without bâtonnage.