Domaine de Montbourgeau, L'Etoile, 2023 burgundy_wines-template terroir-honest reds in the appellation

terroir-honest reds in the appellation

founded this estate in 1982 after a single glass of Chateau Montelena Chardonnay convinced him California could rival France

run by Alessio Bondonio

Virginia's benchmark natural winery

Domaine de Montbourgeau, L'Etoile, 2023 burgundy_wines-template terroir-honest reds in the appellationDomaine de Montbourgeau was founded a century ago in the tiny Jura town of L'Etoile, the star, named for the star shaped fossils that fill its soils, relics of seas that dried up eons ago. This is the estate's flagship L'Etoile white, mostly Chardonnay with a touch of Savagnin, and it's the perfect entry point to the house style: complex, saline, mineral driven, with waxy yellow fruit and a finish that goes on. Fresh and current, it captures