2023 Henri Germain et Fils Meursault Clos des Mouches Rouge, Cote de Beaune, France Leon Circle With 2-3 years in bottle

With 2-3 years in bottle it starts to show some round edges

Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts happens in very old foudre and amphora for 1

Aromas of dried flowers and brush are framed by electric acidity

and banana on the nose

is aged in 20% new 228-liter barrels

2023 Henri Germain et Fils Meursault Clos des Mouches Rouge, Cote de Beaune, France Leon Circle With 2-3 years in bottleThis rare red Meursault is a monopole from a 0. 5 hectare walled parcel planted in 1949 on clay limestone just south of Santenots; it could legally be labeled Volnay, but Jean Franois Germain bottles it as Meursault to honor the site. Fermentation is spontaneous, typically with a portion of whole clusters (around 50% in recent vintages) and about 15 days on skins, followed by 1518 months of levage in burgundy pices with roughly 20% new oak. The 2022