Jean Philippe Fichet Meursault Meix Sous le Chateau 2024 Grape_Barbera Alvaro Palacios grew up in

Alvaro Palacios grew up in his family's Rioja winery

and an emphasis on long

The estate is best known for farming with draft horses

or fresh goat cheese

the hill country between the Greve and Pesa river valleys

Jean Philippe Fichet Meursault Meix Sous le Chateau 2024 Grape_Barbera Alvaro Palacios grew up inThe Land Meix Sous le Chateau is not on the hill. It is a clos inside the village of Meursault itself, a steep, west facing pocket ringed by houses rather than vines, which is close to the opposite of what Burgundy trains you to look for. The great Meursault premier crus face east and southeast and take the morning sun. This one takes the afternoon. Limestone sits higher in the parcel with clay beneath it, and the vines were planted in 1953. A steep