2020 Domaine Montbourgeau L'Etoile 'Cuvée Spéciale', Jura, France Pierre-Marie Chermette Specific to the Chardonnays

Specific to the Chardonnays

80% Nerello Mascalese

The terroir is on the plateau right along the Loire

Brandlin Ranch was Steve’s first source for his then-white-whale Mataro

Bedrock and Walker Vine Hill

2020 Domaine Montbourgeau L'Etoile 'Cuvée Spéciale', Jura, France Pierre-Marie Chermette Specific to the ChardonnaysThis elite cuve of Chardonnay is Madame Deriauxs special selection from her best Chardonnay plantings. Like the pure Savagnin cuve, it is left to age for many months (in this instance usually 48 to 60 months) in barrel without racking and without topping off. It is a wine for the ages with a vibrant acidity underlying a dense and concentrated body with notes of beeswax and honey and resin and minerals.