Monthelie-Douhairet-Porcheret Meursault 1er Cru Les Santenots 2020 Big Bottle south-facing slopes where rocky outcrops

south-facing slopes where rocky outcrops reflect the sun by day and release its heat into the night

velvety frame

the slope is too steep for tractors

Apostolos Thymiopoulos returned to his family’s vineyards and began producing wine for his own label

contributing more to a supple

Monthelie-Douhairet-Porcheret Meursault 1er Cru Les Santenots 2020 Big Bottle south-facing slopes where rocky outcropsSantenots straddles the line between Volnay and Meursault, and appellation law divides it by color: its Pinot Noir is sold as Volnay Santenots, while the little Chardonnay planted here earns the title Meursault premier cru. Only a handful of growers farm white vines in the climat. Monthlie Douhairet Porcheret tends 0. 3 hectares of them, old vines averaging eight decades, from a domaine founded more than three centuries ago in Monthlie and shaped by