Domaine Hoffmann-Jayer Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Nuits Blanc 2020 Sicily tobacco leaf

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as he sees fit—following the model of his old employer Puffeney who produced the stunning “Vieilles Vignes” cuvée through the 2005 vintage using all three cépages

this is handled in precisely the same fashion as the village-level wine: spontaneous fermentation and aging on the fine lees in 18-hectoliter Viennese-oak casks of 30 or more years of age

framed by a note of dried honey and a persistent whisper of chalk

Domaine Hoffmann-Jayer Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Nuits Blanc 2020 Sicily tobacco leafHoffmann Jayers Hautes Ctes de Nuits Blanc blends parcels from three vineyards: Le Perchy in Magny ls Villers, and Sous le Mont and La Flie in Villers la Faye. The holdings encompass 1. 2 hectares and are planted 70% to Chardonnay and 30% to Pinot Blanc, from vines between 55 and 75 years of age. As with the Hautes Ctes de Beaune Blanc, Alexandre ages this in a blend of two thirds new 350 liter barrels and one third terracotta jar before assembling it