Chaponnieres 2020 Domaine Lefort a lick of dried herb

a lick of dried herb and warm stone

The palate is fluid and airy

but it is not a wine that fights you

or hearty fare

Chaponnieres 2020 Domaine Lefort a lick of dried herbDavid Lefort studied medicine and philosophy at the Sorbonne before deciding, in 2010, to make wine in Rully instead. He came from no winemaking family, which in Burgundy is close to unheard of, and taught himself the work by doing it. Five hectares now, split between Mercurey premier cru and Rully village, farmed on a biodynamic footing. Chaponnieres is white Burgundy made the way he makes everything: native yeasts, no fining, no filtration, and a