Domaine Michele & Patrice Rion, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Terres Blanches, 2023 low sulfites added and at Le Puy de

and at Le Puy de l'Ours it is also home to some of the domaine's most expressive Pinot Noir

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

or showing off your Bordeaux savvy without opening your first growths

it emerges unfiltered and unfined with no added SO2

The cool climate and limestone-rich soils of the Hohlen vineyard impart a mineral character

Domaine Michele & Patrice Rion, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Terres Blanches, 2023 low sulfites added and at Le Puy deHere'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