François Mikulski Bourgogne Cote d'Or Chardonnay 2024 Gruner Veltliner and Brendan Stater-West — an

and Brendan Stater-West — an unusually talented group of collaborators by any measure

This is Pinotage made with a straight face

Serve it slightly cool with roast chicken and herbs

The mousse is fine

The vineyard's coastal wind exposure lets Caprili farm with minimal chemical input

François Mikulski Bourgogne Cote d'Or Chardonnay 2024 Gruner Veltliner and Brendan Stater-West — anThe Land The secret to this wine is in the map. Mikulski's two Chardonnay parcels for his Bourgogne Cte d'Or sit right on the border of the Meursault appellation, on the lower part of the slope where the soil is fine alluvial river sediment. Because the vines are effectively next door to the village, the wine drinks far more like a Meursault than a regional Bourgogne: rich, long, and built to keep. This is the smart money bottle in a Meursault