2022 Domaine Etienne Delarche ‘Clos Saint Jean’ 1er Cru Chassagne-Montrachet

Aromas of orange zest, yellow stone fruit, light spice. Medium-bodied, with notes of red fruit. Hand-harvested. Pressed full cluster; fermented on indigneous yeasts in older French oak barrels. Aged for one year in barrel. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. 50+ year-old vines.
’Clos Saint-Jean’ sits at the top of the slope between 780 and 840 feet in altitude, facing east. Historically the plot was highly prized for its red grapes; today it’s split between white and red. Soils are mixed, called by locals “sol rouge,” with iron-rich limestone marl and clay.