We are proud to once again offer the superb wines of Domaine Chantal Lescure, an important organic estate based in Nuits-Saint-Georges, proprietors of 18 hectares from Meursault in the Côte de Beaune to Chambolle-Musigny in the Côte de Nuits. Today's offer features the excellent 2020 vintage and happily includes small allocations of the estate's Vosne-Romanee "Les Suchots" and Clos de Vougeot.

Founded in 1975 by Chantal Lescure and Xavier Machard de Gramont, this family domain is now owned by their two sons Aymeric and Thibault and directed by François Chaveriat. Upon Chaveriat's arrival in 1996 the use of herbicides was stopped and the estate has been practicing fully organic methods since 2000, certified since 2006. The estate has a very high percentage of old vines in a superb collection of parcels including .42 hectares in Vosne-Romanee "Les Suchots" and 30 ares in the lieu-dit "Montiotes Hautes" in the upper part of the Clos de Vougeot.

These are true wines of terroir that offer great quality and character throughout the range, due to great work in the vines and "non-interventionist" work in the cellar: twenty years of organic farming; careful hand-harvesting with triage; "encuvage" by gravity; long, slow fermentations with wild yeasts; minimal pigeage; bottling without fining or filtration; slow pneumatic press for the whites at low pressure with zero batonnage seeking terroir rather than fruit.

Another factor in the subtle fruit and terroir expression in these wines is the careful use of sulfur-dioxide, with the reds averaging only about 30 mg/L of total SO2.

Of particular note is the sensational quality of the Bourgogne and Côte de Beaune wines from Chantal Lescure which offer great character, beautiful purity of fruit and superb minerality at very reasonable prices. The "Les Verduns," "Grande Chatelaine," and the "Clos des Topes Bizot" Rouge and Blanc are delicious now and will repay cellaring of 5 to 8 years - we recommend them highly!

We hope that all Burgundy lovers will try these delicious wines from living soils and we offer our congratulations to François Chaveriat for his great work at this estate! - David Lillie

**NOTE: Wines arrive Tuesday 11/22, 10% case/mixed case discount applies.**