Domaine Bersan Cotes d’Auxerre Blanc Louis Bersan 2022 ABC321 sourced from sustainably farmed vineyards

sourced from sustainably farmed vineyards run by friends and held to his own estate's standards

about 70% Ambonnay

and this bottling is roughly three-quarters Grenache with the balance in Primitivo

which warms the red and yellow sandstone scree

essentially no new oak

Domaine Bersan Cotes d’Auxerre Blanc Louis Bersan 2022 ABC321 sourced from sustainably farmed vineyardsHead west of Chablis and the famous Kimmeridgian limestone does not stop. It just stops being famous. This is the Auxerrois, where the Bersan family has grown grapes since the 15th century, farming these hills with the same seriousness as their better known neighbors and a fraction of the attention. The Louis Bersan cuvee, named for the patriarch who left the domaine its vineyards, is pure Chardonnay off that limestone: crisp and mineral driven like