2023 Domaine de Cassiopee Maranges Blanc Les Plantes, Cote de Beaune, France 1.5L Magnum Wonderland Project fresh earth

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The team resisted until then because they were concerned that they would perhaps not master the vinification of Pinot Noir outside of Burgundy

matured for 22 months in French oak (15% new)

000 vines/ha

deep soils interspersed with alluvial pebbles

2023 Domaine de Cassiopee Maranges Blanc Les Plantes, Cote de Beaune, France 1.5L Magnum Wonderland Project fresh earthMaranges is the southernmost appellation of the Cote de Beaune and probably the least known. It's divided among three villages south of Santenay and Chassange Montrachet, and Domaine de Cassiope is at the eastern end, at the limit of the 1ers crus, in Sampigny ls Maranges. Shadowed by the Trois Croix mountains, the villages are caught between hills and valleys and the plots of vines are interspersed with wild forest. Cooler temperatures mean later