Domaine Michele & Patrice Rion, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Terres Blanches, 2023 low sulfites added Joseph Roty’s Griottes-Chambertin Grand Cru

Joseph Roty’s Griottes-Chambertin Grand Cru is a masterpiece of craftsmanship and terroir

This was a pre-phylloxera wine region between Sancerre and Chablis

Scales and Arpeggios feels like a winemaker working through ideas with grace and restraint

or showing off your Bordeaux savvy without opening your first growths

Domaine Michele & Patrice Rion, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Terres Blanches, 2023 low sulfites added Joseph Roty’s Griottes-Chambertin Grand CruHere's a fun curveball: despite the Nuits Saint Georges name, this is a white. Les Terres Blanches ('the white earths') is named for its pocket of pale, sandy, oolitic limestone soil up the slope in Premeaux, and Patrice Rion planted it to roughly 90% Chardonnay with a splash of Pinot Blanc. White wine from Nuits Saint Georges is genuinely rare, which makes this a conversation piece as much as a delicious bottle. The bunches are whole pressed and aged