2022 Domaine de Cassiopee Maranges Blanc Les Plantes, Cote de Beaune, France

Maranges is the southernmost appellation of the Cote de Beaune and probably the least known. It’s divided among three villages south of Santenay and Chassange-Montrachet, and Domaine de Cassiope is at the eastern end, at the limit of the 1ers crus, in Sampigny-ls-Maranges. Shadowed by the Trois Croix mountains, the villages are caught between hills and valleys and the plots of vines are interspersed with wild forest. Cooler temperatures mean later ripening, with harvests here are on average ten to fifteen days later than in Meursault or Volnay.