Domaine Joseph Voillot 2023 Meursault "Les Chevalieres", Burgundy

One of the most gorgeous white Burgundies I’ve sampled in a long time.  Les Chavalières is a lieu-dit, a vineyard plot (and the only white wine of the estate) purchased by Joseph Voillot, grandfather of the current winemaker Etienne Chaix.  This is a super-rare bottling—only 1 to 3 barrels are made each year, depending on the harvest (25 to 75 cases), so we’re lucky to have a few bottles for the store.  There is beautiful fruit here, accented by just a touch of oak and a touch of caramel.  Showing well now, but will develop nicely over the next few years.  Incidentally, Etienne told me his grandmother loved drinking the estate’s “Les Chevalieres.”