Domaine Michel Niellon Bourgogne Chardonnay 2021 CS20230718 Pascal Agrapart calls this the

Pascal Agrapart calls this the crux of the village

and a whiff of spices and orange blossom

A single-cask cognac from Grande Champagne—the premier cru of Cognac's six terroirs—distilled in 2004 and bottled unblended

three-week macerations

Domaine Michel Niellon Bourgogne Chardonnay 2021 CS20230718 Pascal Agrapart calls this theMichel Niellon is one of the great names of Chassagne Montrachet, a tiny domaine of roughly seven hectares whose grand cru Chevalier Montrachet is the stuff of collector obsession. Naturally, almost nobody thinks to buy the Bourgogne. That is the opening. The same hands, the same cellar, the same instinct for cutting minerality and unfussy balance, applied to a wine you can actually open on a Wednesday. It is now three generations deep here, with