Chantereves Beaune 1er Cru Les Blanches Fleurs  2024 NO20230719 It's the sort of Riesling

It's the sort of Riesling that gets better with a plate in front of it

The vineyards of the Valle d'Aosta are ancient

This Extra Brut style keeps dosage low so the chalk-driven precision of Avize comes through loud and clear

and the 2022 shows why this underrated appellation deserves attention: bright red cherries and raspberries lead on the nose

Chantereves Beaune 1er Cru Les Blanches Fleurs  2024 NO20230719 It's the sort of RieslingThe name means "white flowers," and this is the softest spoken red in the Chantereves lineup. Les Blanches Fleurs lies on Beaune's gentler lower slope, where deeper soils round Pinot Noir's edges instead of sharpening them. Guillaume Bott and Tomoko Kuriyama don't farm this one they buy the fruit from growers working sustainably, then mostly get out of the way gentle extraction, restrained wood, nothing painted on top. The 2024 is red cherry and rose