2024 Louis Billard Chassagne-Montrachet, Cote de Beaune, France Edna Rhyne dry vintage pushed small berries

dry vintage pushed small berries and natural concentration

Most of the Chardonnay clones were planted in 1987 with the addition of some Pinot blanc more recently in an attempt to more truly emulate a classic Burgundian white vineyard

The grapes are vinified using three different techniques - carbonic maceration

Jura was the perfect place to pursue a simple farm life (complete with chickens

grown on chalky clay soils in Bairrada

2024 Louis Billard Chassagne-Montrachet, Cote de Beaune, France Edna Rhyne dry vintage pushed small berriesFrom classic mid slope clay limestone that marries breadth to line, grapes are whole cluster pressed and native fermented ~45 days at 1518 C, then raised 12 months in barrel (35% new) and 4 months in stainless,