Thierry Pillot Saint-Aubin Le Ban 2023 NO20231018 orchard fruit and a saline

orchard fruit and a saline snap

Aged for a year in barrel without racking before bottled unfiltered—this captures the tension between ripe red fruit and savory earth

be it valley-floor richness

Racines - the Burgundian team of Etienne de Montille and Brian Sieve - farms a parcel of that original planting on a gently north-facing slope of thin shale and chert soils

Thierry Pillot Saint-Aubin Le Ban 2023 NO20231018 orchard fruit and a salineFrom the heart of Saint Aubin, Thierry Pillot's Le Ban cuve ferments in barrel with native yeasts for 12 months, seeking crystalline purity over flashy extraction. This Chardonnay carries the hallmark tension of a gifted vigneron who favors transparency and finesseexactly the opposite of heavy handed winemaking. Floral aromatics and citrus minerality sing with restrained elegance, making this a perfect aperitif or a thrilling partner for shellfish and