Domaine des Marnes Blanches Cotes du Jura Chardonnay Les Molates 2023 Consignment there's chocolate

there's chocolate

Now approaching a decade in bottle

deeply aromatic white that nods to Bordeaux's white tradition but speaks with a distinctly Sierra accent

joyful read on red-fruited Cote de Beaune Pinot

bright and unfussy

Domaine des Marnes Blanches Cotes du Jura Chardonnay Les Molates 2023 Consignment there's chocolateIf the Jura is on your radar at all, Pauline and Graud Fromont's Marnes Blanches belongs near the top of the list a couple who founded their domaine in 2006 fresh out of winemaking school, farming organically with minimal intervention in the cellar. Les Molates is their ouill (topped up, non oxidative) Chardonnay, drawn from parcels around Gevingey on the region's namesake white marl and limestone, aged about ten months in barrel. This is the clean,