2023 Domaine Bernard-Bonin Les Charmes-Dessus, Meursault Premier Cru, France Denis Bachelet flatter and with heavier clay

flatter and with heavier clay soils in the town of Cerbaia

and Lignier’s rendering of this cru seems to capture this complexity in its endlessly layered mineral core

Purchased fruit

and the juice left for oxidation and start fermentation in open casks

100% was transferred as whole-cluster to open fermenters

2023 Domaine Bernard-Bonin Les Charmes-Dessus, Meursault Premier Cru, France Denis Bachelet flatter and with heavier clayLocated at an altitude of 260 meters on a southeast facing parcel. Uniquely labeled as Dessus, or the upper section of the Charmes 1er cru. More limestone in this section caused by tectonic plate movement that separated the Dessus (better) from the Dessous (lesser) parcels. Arrives January 2026.