2022 Francois Carillon Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Macherelles Blanc

As many of you are already aware, 2022 White Burgundy is shaping up to be a strong year for both white and red wines. The wines are sufficiently rich, but with brighter acidities than the 2018 and 2019 vintages before it.  It is clear that enthusiasm from growers and critics is at a fever pitch. Allen Meadows wrote that "the 2022 white burgundy vintage can be summed up concisely and thusly: 2022 is the best white Burgundy vintage since 2017 and rivals, if not surpasses, 2014 in quality." While I may not yet be willing to declare 2022's victory over the epic 2014 wines, I share the enthusiasm for the vintage. After our trips to Burgundy this year and tasting through the lineups from over 200 estates, we feel comfortable saying this is a modern classic that possesses the rare grace to offer both generosity of fruit and strikingly mineral terroir signatures. The wines were dense and well delineated and spoke their various soil structures, altitudes, and expositions with clarity. Expect us