Bouard-Bonnefoy Saint-Aubin 1er Cru 'Les Combes' 2020

VINEYARDS: Facing east, ‘Les Combes’ sits on a steep slope, between 720 and 920 feet in altitude, bordering ‘Les Charmois’ and at the border of Chassagne-Montrachet. Soils are stony, with thin top soils and solid limestone subsoils. AGE OF VINES: 40-50 years WINEMAKING: Hand-harvested. Grapes are pressed in an upright wooden press, cranked by hand. Fermented on indigenous yeasts in French oak barrels. Aged for one year in barrel, with 20% new oak. TASTING IMPRESSIONS: Aromas of green apple, white peach, crushed stones. Mineral, limpid, refined; medium-bodied.