Domaine Comtesse de Cherisey Meursault Bois de Blagny, Cote de Beaune, France 2020 Alentejo Region offering blackberry

offering blackberry

Pale yellow robe with green hue

building quickly then settling and elongating with such clarity and purity

Wood-driven tannins dominate at this stage

Domaine Comtesse de Cherisey Meursault Bois de Blagny, Cote de Beaune, France 2020 Alentejo Region offering blackberryAt the very top of the Cte de Beaune between the villages of Meursault and Puligny, a few vineyard rows abut the forest known as the Bois de Blagny. Conditions are slightly cooler due to the elevation and the proximity to these woods, and the soil is chock full of blocks of limestone. Hlne de Chrisey and her husband, Laurent Martelet, produce their village level Meursault from this unique site; better yet, they age it in barrels made from oaks