Roblet-Monnot Hautes-Cotes de Beaune Chardonnay Nerthus 2023 CS20230516 and a firm mineral backbone

and a firm mineral backbone

blended after fermentation

The 2015 Merlot from Elyse captures that intensity—hand-harvested fruit fermented in small lots and aged in French oak to deliver dark fruit

This wine showcases Portuguese grape varieties—including Tinta Madeira

designed for two people sharing a meal

Roblet-Monnot Hautes-Cotes de Beaune Chardonnay Nerthus 2023 CS20230516 and a firm mineral backboneAbout 150 cases are made of this, from Chardonnay vines planted in 1970 at Paris l'Hopital, up in the Maranges hills just south of Santenay. Pascal Roblet went biodynamic in 1997, early for Burgundy, and plows with a horse to keep his soils from compacting; yields here are held to around 40 hectoliters per hectare. The wine ferments and ages a year in second and third fill French oak barrels, then racks to stainless steel for six more months, with