La Pierre Ronde (Antoine Lepetit de la Bigne) - Meursault 1er Cru "Les Cras" 2023 (750ml)
Price: $249.99
| Producer | La Pierre Ronde (Antoine Lepetit de la Bigne) |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Sku | 205572 |
| Size | 750ml |
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La Pierre Ronde (Antoine Lepetit de la Bigne) Description
Antoine Lepetit de la Bigne wears many hats and, over the past 15 or so years, has devoted himself to helping growers develop and succeed with organic and biodynamic viticultural methods in Burgundy.
We met him at Domaine Leflaive in Puligny-Montrachet, where he worked for 8 years. With Anne-Claude Leflaive, he founded the well-loved École Du Vin et des Terroirs in 2008, an intimate classroom for Burgundian growers looking to expand their knowledge in everything from plant bio-indicators to sensitive crystallization. In 2012, he published the widely read and well-loved What’s So Special About Biodynamic Wines: 35 Questions & Answers For Wine Lovers. A few years later, after Anne-Claude’s passing in 2015, he decided to leave the domaine and found his independent biodynamic consulting company, “La Pierre Ronde,” in 2016.
Working closely with so many motivated growers in the region, Antoine naturally formed the relationships and mutual trust that inevitably led him to consider purchasing grapes and making his own wine.
Pinot Noir planted in the mid 1960s and located on a steep slope above Volnay Santenots, southeast-facing, thin, red-brown soil, limestone-rich.
Vinous: 90-92 Points
The 2023 Meursault ler Cru Les Cras is a rare Pinot Noir from a village known for its whites. Aromatic and light on its feet, the 2023 wafts from the glass with scents of crushed red berry fruit, rose petal and savory accents from the 50% stems. The Cras is a wine more of linear intensity than volume. It's a style that works quite well. I very much admire the tension here.
