La Tour Saint-Hilaire 2022 Bourgogne Cote Chalonnaise Monopole

In the cellar, Valentin presses the grapes gently for 2-3 hours before racking into tank for a brief period before fermentation. The juice is moved into almost entirely neutral barrels to ferment with native yeast. He goes as far as to use a wide range of coopers in order to allow the wines to better show their terroir. The wine is aged for 12 months in about 10% new wood, all other barrels are 2-3 years old. Lastly, the wine is racked into tank for 6 more months on the lees before bottling. He works to use as little sulfur as possible during the winemaking process but does add a little at bottling. The 2022 shows incredible balance of power, ripeness, and freshness. It has lovely texture with notes of lemon, brioche, lime, and yellow apple. There is salinity with a racy energy. This tasted well right upon opening and when I opened a bottle at the shop last week, I watched it develop and drink well over two days.