François Mikulski Bourgogne Cote d'Or Chardonnay 2024 Gruner Veltliner The vineyard's coastal wind exposure

The vineyard's coastal wind exposure lets Caprili farm with minimal chemical input

Serve it slightly cool with roast chicken and herbs

natural fizz

and a focus on transparency to the site rather than power

and Brendan Stater-West — an unusually talented group of collaborators by any measure

François Mikulski Bourgogne Cote d'Or Chardonnay 2024 Gruner Veltliner The vineyard's coastal wind exposureThe Land The secret to this wine is in the map. Mikulski's two Chardonnay parcels for his Bourgogne Cte d'Or sit right on the border of the Meursault appellation, on the lower part of the slope where the soil is fine alluvial river sediment. Because the vines are effectively next door to the village, the wine drinks far more like a Meursault than a regional Bourgogne: rich, long, and built to keep. This is the smart money bottle in a Meursault