2021 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France Duchesne Freres Crafted only in exceptional years

Crafted only in exceptional years from the house’s grand‐cru parcels

and high-quality ingredients

this Chenin Blanc is produced from 7 hectares of vineyards aging 40 to 50 years-old

Jorge has acquired these plots over the last decade while working at Bodegas Arzuaga-Navarro which he departed in 2013 to work full time at his own estate

The fruit was left between a 7-10 days with a bit of hang plunging in the latter days

2021 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France Duchesne Freres Crafted only in exceptional yearsClos du Roi, one of the most famous vineyards of Corton, is just below the Le Corton lieu dit of Corton Charlemagne, a terroir high on the hillside, very steep and made up of clay limestone marls containing a little sand and little topsoil. Claude describes it as a chance to taste Charlemagne as a red. The vines struggle here in the rugged soil. It is a late ripening terroir which, through its ability to drain, allows the grapes to avoid rot during