Domaine Michel Niellon Chevalier Montrachet Grand Cru 2020 [NET] CS20230828 and they lavish the same

and they lavish the same obsessive attention on this modest Bordeaux Blanc that they bring to their Pomerol legend

and cigar box

letting it rest on its fine lees without racking until it is time to bottle

working without added sulfur

Domaine Michel Niellon Chevalier Montrachet Grand Cru 2020 [NET] CS20230828 and they lavish the sameChevalier Montrachet from Michel Niellon is one of Burgundy's true unicorns. The Chassagne based domaine farms only a sliver of this hallowed Grand Cru, and bottles are counted in the handful each year. The 2020 is a warm vintage Chevalier with serious concentration, fermented in barrel with measured new oak and raised on its lees in classical Niellon style: precise, restrained, never showy. Confit citrus, pear, hazelnut and white flowers fold into a