2024 Chateau de Charodon, Meursault

Louis Vallet's Château de Charodon is one of Burgundy's most exciting micro-négociant projects. He grew up in the Pierre Bourée Fils family of Gevrey-Chambertin and sharpened his craft with Bernard Zito and Pascal Marchand. This Meursault comes from two organically farmed parcels: Les Vignes Blanches on the north side of the village, with vines around 35 years old, and Les Bellans on the south side, with vines around 30. Indigenous yeasts, minimal sulfur and neutral French oak give Chardonnay built on texture rather than oak, and a fuller portrait of the appellation. For the past two years, Charodon's Meursault has been among the most reliably delicious bottles of Burgundy we have opened.