Eric Boigelot Bourgogne Cote d’Or Les Millerands 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Lots of tropical notes on

Lots of tropical notes on the palate

organically-tended Zinfandel block in Paso Robles' Estrella District that he was eventually offered fruit from on the side

Century-old vines of Maria Gomes and Bical rooted in Bairrada's limestone-rich soils yield wines of remarkable lightness and mineral grip

this Rheingau estate crafts wines that challenge sweetness stereotypes through brilliant acidity and mineral intensity

she farms biodynamically — pendulums and all — and ferments with wild yeasts in both vin clair and the bottle

Eric Boigelot Bourgogne Cote d’Or Les Millerands 2023 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Lots of tropical notes onEric Boigelot farms a small patchwork of parcels across Volnay and Pommard, working organically and bottling tiny lots that rarely make it far beyond Burgundy. This Bourgogne Cote d'Or comes from Les Millerands, a lieu dit on the slopes just below the village level old vines, low yields, and the same gentle handling Boigelot gives his 1er Crus. The wine is unmistakably Cote de Beaune Pinot: red fruited, savory, lightly spiced, with the kind of cut and