Domaine de Belliviere (Eric Nicolas) Jasnieres Les Rosiers 2022 RFLASH Drinks beautifully young

Drinks beautifully young

This pick took a lot of time and deliberation

and the single-block Pinot Noir that results is more intense and structured than the regular Estate bottling

Each year's release shifts slightly with the barrels

Legend has it Francois I had the vines brought up from Burgundy in the 1500s

Domaine de Belliviere (Eric Nicolas) Jasnieres Les Rosiers 2022 RFLASH Drinks beautifully youngJasnires is a six kilometer crescent of steep, south facing Chenin on flinty clay over tuffeau go much farther north and wine country gives way to cider and Bellivire is its undisputed reference point. Les Rosiers is the step up from Prmices and the domaine's middle Jasnires: everything under fifty years of vine age, fermented in old barrels with about a quarter in new oak, deeper and more layered, with quince, honey and salt behind Chenin's