Nathalie Richez Santenay Rouge 1er Cru 'Beauregard' 2023 California mineral-driven wine that occasionally carries

mineral-driven wine that occasionally carries an almost imperceptible effervescence

whether in a chiseled and lean vintage or a lavishly rich vintage

Thomas presented us versions of this wine going back to 2011

but the fruit is more direct

malolactic is done in cuve and the wine sees a brief stay in large foudres before being bottled eighteen months after harvest without fining or filtration

Nathalie Richez Santenay Rouge 1er Cru 'Beauregard' 2023 California mineral-driven wine that occasionally carriesThe premier cru Beauregard sits mid slope in the northeast part of Santenay near the border of Chassagne Montrachet, and Nathalie owns 0. 3 hectares of Pinot Noir here. If her village level Santenay is a case study in pure Burgundian Pinot Noir, Beauregard isas one would expectmore particular in its personality: darker and more somber in its fruit (yet still fresh), with a more succulent texture and a tinge of smoke.