Domaine Genot-Boulanger Mercurey 1er Cru En Sazenay 2017 JURARARE Remarkably harmonious structure

Remarkably harmonious structure

At 400 meters elevation on dark soils

it comes out pale

and this 1988 vintage sits at the peak of that trajectory—a mature white from Napa's golden age

Domaine Genot-Boulanger Mercurey 1er Cru En Sazenay 2017 JURARARE Remarkably harmonious structureGnot Boulanger is run by Aude and Guillaume Lavolle, who farm organically with biodynamic influence and work each parcel with a horse drawn plough, with new oak capped at 15%. Mercurey is the heart of the domaine, where Aude's ancestor Charles Henri Gnot first broke a 20 generation pharmacist family chain when he founded the domaine in 1974. The 1er Cru En Sazenay sits on a well positioned east facing slope in the Cte Chalonnaise. The 2017 vintage is