2024 Louis Billard Les Castets, Saint-Aubin Premier Cru, France Grand Mayan The soils here

The soils here

A long mellow finish bursting with flavors

24 hours of maceration

Cooling / settling: Cold settled off dirt and heavy solids for 3 days

the grapes had about three weeks worth of skin contact before going into barrel

2024 Louis Billard Les Castets, Saint-Aubin Premier Cru, France Grand Mayan The soils hereOff a steep, stony, southeast facing slope of very thin limestone soils, the fruit is whole cluster pressed and settled cool, then native fermented ~45 days at 1518 C and aged 12 months in barrel (25% new) plus 4 months in stainless; it finishes full malo, sees a very slow lenticular filtration, and is bottled at ~20 mg L free SO, with ~1,500 bottles made