2019 Domaine Baron Thenard Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France Antiyal Walnut trees thrive in limestone

Walnut trees thrive in limestone soils and are sensitive to moisture

a bittersweet digestif in the French tradition

no corrections to chemistry

grapes are harvested by hand

and cleaned every bottle by hand on one long day in February 2023

2019 Domaine Baron Thenard Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France Antiyal Walnut trees thrive in limestoneJean Baptiste Bordeaux Montrieux has been running the domaine from the 1980's and the wines have always been made in a very traditional method: fermented in wood tonneau barrels for two weeks, punched down by foot twice a day, then aged in barrel for twelve to eighteen months (five percent new oak on the premier crus), and only very lightly filtered if necessary. The whites are fermented and aged in barrel. Fermentations start spontaneously and go at