Chantereves Beaune 1er Cru Les Blanches Fleurs  2024 agrapart hill-tucked village just behind Meursault

hill-tucked village just behind Meursault and Monthelie

powerful wine

the wine shows lemon and lime curd characters with a mineral backbone and subtle dryness in the finish

then aged sur lies for 26 months with minimal manipulation

and lemon pie filling

Chantereves Beaune 1er Cru Les Blanches Fleurs  2024 agrapart hill-tucked village just behind MeursaultThe name means "white flowers," and this is the softest spoken red in the Chantereves lineup. Les Blanches Fleurs lies on Beaune's gentler lower slope, where deeper soils round Pinot Noir's edges instead of sharpening them. Guillaume Bott and Tomoko Kuriyama don't farm this one they buy the fruit from growers working sustainably, then mostly get out of the way gentle extraction, restrained wood, nothing painted on top. The 2024 is red cherry and rose