Denis Bachelet, Cote de Nuits Villages, 2023 SPAINCOUNT0125 built on the biodynamic farming

built on the biodynamic farming of the estate's 29 hectares

the rest in stainless

who have quietly been refining their Chardonnay for decades

ages roughly 10 months in just 20% new oak

Old terraced vineyards perched above the Mediterranean sounds like the setting of a novel

Denis Bachelet, Cote de Nuits Villages, 2023 SPAINCOUNT0125 built on the biodynamic farmingDenis Bachelet's domaine runs to about four hectares, worked essentially single handed since 1983, and demand for his Gevrey bottlings long ago outstripped supply this Cote de Nuits Villages is the sane way into his cellar. The fruit comes mostly from Queue de Hareng, or "herring's tail," with the rest from Creole and La Mouille, all in Brochon at the northern end of the Cote de Nuits. It gets the house treatment: fully destemmed fruit, gentle