2023 Henri Germain et Fils Meursault Clos des Mouches Rouge, Cote de Beaune, France Domaine Des Albatros leading from Vézelay to Compostela

leading from Vézelay to Compostela

The vines average between thirty and fifty years old

before pressing to complete fermentation in barrel

elegant and aromatic

Partial destemming and wholecluster fermentations

2023 Henri Germain et Fils Meursault Clos des Mouches Rouge, Cote de Beaune, France Domaine Des Albatros leading from Vézelay to CompostelaThis rare red Meursault is a monopole from a 0. 5 hectare walled parcel planted in 1949 on clay limestone just south of Santenots; it could legally be labeled Volnay, but Jean Franois Germain bottles it as Meursault to honor the site. Fermentation is spontaneous, typically with a portion of whole clusters (around 50% in recent vintages) and about 15 days on skins, followed by 1518 months of levage in burgundy pices with roughly 20% new oak. The 2022