2020 Michel Gahier Chardonnay "Les Follasses", Jura, FranceABOUT THIS WINE From 45 year old Chardonnay planted in marne blanche (white marl), Follasses is topped up in cask, but nonetheless delivers an unhinged expression of saline complexity. The marl herea layer of decomposed limestone mixed with claypre dates the limestone that dominates Burgundys Cote dOr, and it is this marl (in varying iterations of color and mineral composition) that dominates the terroir of the Jura. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER The Gahier

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who took over operations after graduating from Geisenheim and interning at Knoll in Austria’s Wachau

Each wine ultimately is derived exclusively from a single vineyard site

high surveillance" winemaking

The wines are wild and raw

fermentations are with wild yeasts

Oberhäusen and this part of the Nahe river valley is very pastoral

The domain started in 2009 with a cellar full of new barrels

have an international reputation

The name tells the story: “the mood of the times (or weather)” indicates that it’s the de Moors’ way to capture the nature of the vintage as a whole

Southing was bottled with no fining and no filtration