Jean-Charles Fagot Saint-Aubin 1er Cru 2023 Bag in box Expect ripe pear

Expect ripe pear

a project named for and dedicated to Alvaro's father and grandfather

The Duc des Nauves vineyard sits on the same astéries limestone plateau as Saint-Émilion and Pomerol on the right bank of Bordeaux

use whole clusters

Champagne is not one place

Jean-Charles Fagot Saint-Aubin 1er Cru 2023 Bag in box Expect ripe pearThe Land Saint Aubin exists because of a fold in the hills. The village sits in a side valley running west off the main Cte, tucked out of sight behind Chassagne Montrachet and Puligny Montrachet, and for most of its history that invisibility was the whole problem: the RN74 runs past its neighbors and not past Saint Aubin. The geology does not care. The vineyards climb to higher elevation than the villages below them, on thin limestone and marl soils,