Domaine des Marnes Blanches Cotes du Jura Chardonnay Les Molates 2023 Consignment Vinified with complete de-stemming and

Vinified with complete de-stemming and temperature-controlled fermentation

deserves the same respect

Filipa Pato grew up in Bairrada as the daughter of Luis Pato — the man who made Baga a grape the world has to take seriously — and has spent her own career proving she didn't just inherit a name

It adheres to their later pick and ripe philosophy

it ripens here only because the slopes are warm enough by day and cool enough by night to draw out a perfumed

Domaine des Marnes Blanches Cotes du Jura Chardonnay Les Molates 2023 Consignment Vinified with complete de-stemming andIf the Jura is on your radar at all, Pauline and Graud Fromont's Marnes Blanches belongs near the top of the list a couple who founded their domaine in 2006 fresh out of winemaking school, farming organically with minimal intervention in the cellar. Les Molates is their ouill (topped up, non oxidative) Chardonnay, drawn from parcels around Gevingey on the region's namesake white marl and limestone, aged about ten months in barrel. This is the clean,