2019 Domaine Baron Thenard Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France

Jean-Baptiste Bordeaux-Montrieux has been running the domaine from the 1980’s and the wines have always been made in a very traditional method: fermented in woodtonneaubarrels for two weeks, punched-down by foot twice a day, then aged in barrel for twelve to eighteen months (five percent new oak on the premier crus), and only very lightly filtered if necessary. The whites are fermented and aged in barrel. Fermentations start spontaneously and go at their own pace, sometimes lasting months.