Domaine Bersan Cotes d’Auxerre Blanc Louis Bersan 2022 NO20230726 The 2024 blends fruit from

The 2024 blends fruit from many small Wairau Valley parcels

Helena bench still speaks clearly when nobody's shouting over it

this cuvée is bottled with a low dosage to preserve its intensity and purity

Grind: Tahona Wheel

Granite gives this one a lift and crunch you won't find in the clay-and-limestone Cab Francs further upriver: lighter

Domaine Bersan Cotes d’Auxerre Blanc Louis Bersan 2022 NO20230726 The 2024 blends fruit fromHead west of Chablis and the famous Kimmeridgian limestone does not stop. It just stops being famous. This is the Auxerrois, where the Bersan family has grown grapes since the 15th century, farming these hills with the same seriousness as their better known neighbors and a fraction of the attention. The Louis Bersan cuvee, named for the patriarch who left the domaine its vineyards, is pure Chardonnay off that limestone: crisp and mineral driven like