Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur Meursault 'Clos du Cromin' 2023

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Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur Meursault 'Clos du Cromin' 2023Clos du Cromin is a walled site within the larger lieu dit of Le Cromin, situated immediately upslope from Bitouzets other Meursault parcel, Les Corbins in the northern sector of the appellation. Planted in 1951, Bitouzets third of a hectare of Chardonnay here yields a more mineral driven, structurally stricter wine than Les Corbins, yet one which still shows ample flesh despite its youthful reticence, developing with time into a rich, well balanced

A parcel of the family’s oldest vines

The Cornu family own one-third hectare averaging 50 years

the grapes are pressed pneumatically and a long

Mare is simultaneously supple and intense

With bottle age it will develop a savory swagger as its Mourvèdre-driven fruits develop umami

This wine is more subtle

A cuvée from a parcel of 60-year-old vines within the lieu-dit of Les Rochettes above Arbin

and will continue to develop complexity and depth over three decades or more of bottle aging

the juice is fermented in stainless steel and then racked into large oak botti for about two years of aging before being bottled

and thickly rendered fruit

Pinot Noir has been cultivated in the Val d’Aoste since both regions were under the Burgundian Dukes in the Middle Ages

the Cassis Rouge recalls Bandol—just 19 miles to the east—but its personality is friendlier