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

Sole meunière

The mousse is fine

and a little floral lift

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