2022 Bachelet-Monnot Santenay Rouge "Les Charmes Dessus", Burgundy, FranceABOUT THIS WINE The lieu dit "Les Charmes Dessus" lies just beneath 1er Cru Clos Rousseau on the Maranges side of Santenay. The fruit is from 60+ year old vines. Indigenous yeast fermentation, ahed in 350L barrels (15% new). ABOUT THIS PRODUCER In 2005, brothers Marc and Alexandre Bachelet founded Bachelet Monnot. In no time, their wines were turning the heads of even the most seasoned Burgundy tasters. These are revelatory expressions of Burgundy.

which will age all the better with moderate doses of SO2

shows great power and elegance

rather a result of nearly obsessive winemaker Stephan Attman’s commitment to both dedicated cultivation of Deidesheim and Forst’s best sites and meticulous work in the cellar

verve and essence which still characterizes this wine

head-pruned vineyards

As a whole

They are both on the Vougeot side

Eight years were spent winemaking for Ventana Vineyards

(the "sap" of the first growths of the Médoc is nicely defined as "something of the smell emanating from the burning of the best sealing wax")

Family owned and organically farmed

65% of the wine is aged in French oak barrels

creating wines that are timeless expressions of California’s dynamic terroir