Xavier Gerard Côte Rôtie 2018 EAU DE VIE Jean-Philippe Fichet tests the limits

Jean-Philippe Fichet tests the limits of transparency to find the very soul of Meursault’s terroirs

The malolactic fermentations are typically blocked to retain freshness

puff-pastries

The estate name

and fresh cedar board

Xavier Gerard Côte Rôtie 2018 EAU DE VIE Jean-Philippe Fichet tests the limitsAn assemblage of the estates finest parcels, the single Cote Rotie cuve produced at the Gerard domaine is sourced principally from the Mollard lieu dit (65%) with the balance a mix of Font Jean, Viallire, and La Landonne. The de stemming regimen varies with vintage, though a significant part is generally left as whole clusters. This is a finer expression of the appellation than many of its counterparts along the slope, with a purity of fruit and