and pear skin lead the nose
the Conterno family has maintained unwavering commitment to classic Barolo winemaking—long macerations
Mario Fontana formalized the estate in 1995 with his mother Elda
and each label names the maker and the town behind that particular batch
Paul Girard grew up in the Cote des Blancs and inherited vineyards from both sides of his family — his father in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Jean-Philippe Fichet, Meursault, 2016 (1.5L) CHAMPCOUNT0525 and pear skin lead the2016 is the vintage Burgundy nearly lost: a brutal April frost cut the crop to a fraction of normal, and what survived came in concentrated and tightly wound. Jean Philippe Fichet's village Meursault, drawn from several separate lieux dits across the commune, makes a fine argument for the year precise, chiseled, less about flesh than about line and length. Fichet farms tiny old vine parcels and pursues purity with unusual single mindedness, and a