2022 Domaine Genot Boulanger Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Vergers

Les Vergers takes its name from the Latin for land planted with fruit trees, and this 2022 Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers comes from 0.7 hectare at mid-slope north of the village, beside Les Chenevottes. Domaine Genot Boulanger planted the parcel in 2004; it faces full east on stony limestone, marly in places and sandier in others, over a rocky subsoil linked to nearby marble quarries. The Meursault estate dates to 1974, and since 2008 the fourth generation, Aude and Guillaume Lavollee, has farmed its 22 hectares organically, certified for every cuvee since 2018. Whites see whole cluster pressing, fermentation in barrel without added sulfur, 12 months in oak with only 10 to 15 percent new, six months in tank and no filtration, an approach that keeps the focus on the site rather than the barrel.