Maison Eldar — White Burgundy

Bourgogne Blanc 2024

Name: Bourgogne Blanc 2024
Brand: Maison Eldar

Maison Eldar Bourgogne Blanc 2024, the whole bottle on a cellar shelf, in black and white

Conceived as a modern classic of its appellation.

The label, transcribed

Bourgogne BlancAppellation Bourgogne Contrôlée295 bouteilles sélectionnéesMaison Eldar202475cl12,5%

Appellation: Bourgogne Contrôlée
Grape: Chardonnay
Origin: Côte de Beaune · Côte Chalonnaise · Mâconnais
Élevage: 14 months in barrel, on fine lees
Volume: 75 cl
Alcohol: 12.5% vol.
Bottles: 295
Label: Black paper, white script, the name in orange
Capsule: Wax seal

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The 2024 vintage

A year of rain, from winter well into summer. Spring frost struck unevenly, heavy rain fell at flowering, and a cool, wet June and July kept downy mildew pressure high. August turned warmer and drier and let ripening advance; a cool September favoured the final stage of maturation, and picking began around the middle of the month. Yields fell to between a third and a half of normal. The wines are classical and precise: more moderate in alcohol than recent warm vintages, with fresh fruit and fine acidity; in Chardonnay, tension, minerality and freshness.

Chardonnay, on fine lees

Chardonnay from the Côte de Beaune, the Côte Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais, brought together for a balanced expression of Burgundy. Once fermentation is complete, the wine is racked off its gross lees; a measured share of fine lees is then returned to it, and it ages fourteen months in barrel. The fine lees guard against oxidation and keep the setting gently reductive. Bâtonnage is generally avoided, unless the wine calls for it — an incomplete malolactic fermentation, for instance. When first poured, a delicate reductive note; then, with air, the aromas open little by little. That initial reduction is part of its refinement, and lends its expression a noble quality.