2023 Domaine Bernard-Bonin Les Charmes-Dessus, Meursault Premier Cru, France Denis Bachelet The fruit for this blend

The fruit for this blend is sourced from Seneca Lake vineyards

The lots were then basket-pressed to old French barriques with the gross lees

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

100% was transferred as whole-cluster to open fermenters

Purchased fruit

2023 Domaine Bernard-Bonin Les Charmes-Dessus, Meursault Premier Cru, France Denis Bachelet The fruit for this blendLocated 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.