Fumey-Chatelain Arbois Pinot Noir Aux Melinaux 2022 NO20230614 Raphael and Vincent Bereche farm

Raphael and Vincent Bereche farm their chalk meticulously and only disgorge when a wine is truly ready

Aged primarily in large wooden foudres

perfect for the summertime

Didier Dagueneau changed how the world saw Pouilly-Fume

The high proportion of older vines in Clos des Gravières delivers concentrated minerality and character—Côte de Beaune quality at remarkable value

Fumey-Chatelain Arbois Pinot Noir Aux Melinaux 2022 NO20230614 Raphael and Vincent Bereche farmBurgundy is barely an hour west, and the Jura has been growing Pinot Noir for about as long as anyone can remember it's just that nobody outside France thinks to look here for it. Aux Melinaux comes from a single Arbois parcel planted in 2002, on clay studded with fossilized oyster shells. Marin Fumey works it the gentle way: whole clusters, a slow three week infusion, a year in barrel, very little poking and prodding. The result is silky and savory,