Domaine Pascal Prunier-Bonheur

This is an outstanding wine of great complexity – intense and buttery with a highly concentrated mid palate. There is a stony minerality, tight and taut, and a lingering buttery flavour on the finish. Outstanding!

100% Chardonnay grapes, sourced from Pascal's best vineyard overlooking Meursault, on the edge of the Auxey appellation. All hand picked with an initial sorting in the vineyard, followed by another selection at the winery, where any bruised or unripe grapes are discarded. Pressing follows, 100% destemming. Fermentation is in a mixture of steel tanks and used French oak barrels, followed by a settling and marrying of the elements in tank, before all the wine is transferred back into barrel for 8 months. Aged in 15% new French barrels. Partial malocatic follows in the spring.