Meursault 2022, Burgundy, Claude LeBlanc

Appellation: Meursault Grape: 100% Chardonnay  Age of the vines: 30 to so years Serving Temperature: between 9° to 12 ° Shel life of wine: 2 to 5 years  Vmification: Aged in 100% oak barrels for 12 months, 35% of which are new. The grape juice is placed in barrels for alcoholic and malolactic fermentation, using indigenous yeasts and bacteria. The wine is then matured on its lees until the next harvest. After racking, the barrels are assembled and left in vats for a few months before bottling. Tasting notes: This Meursault is greeny-gold in colour, leaning towards bronze as it ages. Limpid and brilliant, it sometimes exhibits silvery highlights. Its bouquet has strong aromas of ripe grapes. The young wine is redolent of toasted almonds in a floral (mayflower, elder, bracken, lime, verbena) and mineral (flint) setting. Butter, honey, and citrus fruits are also present. On the palate it is rich and fat with a cheerful and appealing taste of hazelnut. Unctuousness and freshness are in si