Celine et Laurent Tripoz Bourgogne Blanc Les Chenes 2021 NO20230802 Côteaux Sud d’Épernay

Côteaux Sud d’Épernay

FinishA refined milk chocolate and creamy finish which gently fades away

Produced from a carefully selected blend of 50% Chardonnay

It's built around a perpetual reserve — a solera-style library of older vintages — that gets blended with the current year

and rested again

Celine et Laurent Tripoz Bourgogne Blanc Les Chenes 2021 NO20230802 Côteaux Sud d’ÉpernayThe Mconnais isn't blessed with the great terroirs of northern Burgundy, Laurent Tripoz likes to say. "We have to work harder to get good wines here." Work he does: this tiny family domaine near Loch has farmed biodynamically (Demeter certified) since well before it was fashionable. Les Chnes comes off the domaine's oldest vines, some around 70 years old and takes a discreet turn in barrel, giving it texture without losing the cut, while the cool 2021