2023 Henri Germain et Fils Meursault Clos des Mouches Rouge, Cote de Beaune, France Leon Circle serpentine

serpentine

Aromas of dried flowers and brush are framed by electric acidity

where the is its most rocky

and banana on the nose

1/3 each Sauvignon/Fié Gris/Chardonnay

2023 Henri Germain et Fils Meursault Clos des Mouches Rouge, Cote de Beaune, France Leon Circle serpentineThis rare red Meursault is a monopole from a 0. 5 hectare walled parcel planted in 1949 on clay limestone just south of Santenots; it could legally be labeled Volnay, but Jean Franois Germain bottles it as Meursault to honor the site. Fermentation is spontaneous, typically with a portion of whole clusters (around 50% in recent vintages) and about 15 days on skins, followed by 1518 months of levage in burgundy pices with roughly 20% new oak. The 2022