Antoine Lienhardt Nuits Saint Georges Village 2023 OTHERREGION frost-battered year that gutted yields

frost-battered year that gutted yields across the Cote - those reds came out lean

Bubbles with a sense of address — and no reason to save them for an occasion

The fruit comes from Mokelumne Glen

and earthy tobacco

he started Once & Future to get back to the small-lot

Antoine Lienhardt Nuits Saint Georges Village 2023 OTHERREGION frost-battered year that gutted yieldsAntoine Lienhardt says he makes his wines as if he were making a Grand Cru, and this is his Nuits Saint Georges: a blend of two hillside climats south of the village, Les Charmois and Les Poisets, up where the vineyards meet the forest line. He took over the family vines in Comblanchien in 2011, converted to organics and now farms biodynamically, ploughing with a horse and pruning severely to hold yields around 40 hl ha. Fruit is hand harvested and