Bruno Clair Marsannay Les Vaudenelles 2018 Big Bottle The monks blend the botanicals

The monks blend the botanicals at the monastery

Domaine Jouard is a Chassagne-Montrachet family estate now in its seventh generation

Founded by cousins Martin Shaw and Michael Hill-Smith over 35 years ago

The domaine is the Beaujolais venture of Frédéric and Chantal Lafarge of Volnay

The shallow

Bruno Clair Marsannay Les Vaudenelles 2018 Big Bottle The monks blend the botanicalsLes Vaudenelles is one of Bruno Clairs high altitude gems. It is the most delicate of his Marsannay lieux dits and very much a child of its terroir and position. The shallow, light colored soils produce a wine of fragrance rather than weight, and the altitude keeps it remarkably fresh. The Clair family owns 1. 6 hectares (3. 9 acres) of this parcel, with vines that were planted between 1969 to 1976. The vinification is 1020% whole bunches; with 1015