Benjamin Leroux Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes-Dessus 2023 pomace Colombelle perfectly reflects this region

Colombelle perfectly reflects this region of the South-West — between ocean and mountains

the wine fleshes out

Costigliole d’Asti and Montegrosso d’Asti

with some welcome rainfall in mid-February

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Benjamin Leroux Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes-Dessus 2023 pomace Colombelle perfectly reflects this regionFollowing the 2017 harvest, Leroux managed something of a coup when he won a hard fought tender to acquire these vines. The purchase came with a small selection of village plots (including Clos du Village), but the real prizes were well sited parcels in Volnay Santenots (Les Plures), Meursault Blagny and this small piece of the Premier Cru Charmes lying directly beneath Clos des Perrires. Its a sliver of 1988 planted vines in the vineyard's upper