2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Meursault, Cote de Beaune, France Guerila Hillsides with steep slopes (30%)

Hillsides with steep slopes (30%)

20% local white grapes

From the lieux-dits “Damaudes” and “La Croix Blanche”

The resulting Chardonnay is deeply textural yet restrained

Le Petit Prince and my all time favorite and friend

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Meursault, Cote de Beaune, France Guerila Hillsides with steep slopes (30%)Chardonnay from stony limestoneclay parcels in Meursault; the domaine farms biodynamically in practice and harvests by hand. Grapes are pressed as whole clusters, the must settles briefly by gravity, and fermentation begins with indigenous yeasts in older 228 L pices with no new oak. levage runs 1215 months on fine lees with minimal btonnage; SO is modest and added after malolactic to protect the wine. Bottling is done with minimal handling, with a