Domaine de Montbourgeau, L'Etoile "Cuvee Speciale", 2011 TheVeryGreatest John Blandy arrived on the

John Blandy arrived on the island in 1808 and founded the company in 1811 with his brothers Thomas and George

delivering textbook Côte de Nuits silhouette with exceptional freshness and salinity

minimal sulfur at bottling only

adding freshness and precision

then pot-distilled and brought slowly down to strength with demineralized water rather than a hard cut

Domaine de Montbourgeau, L'Etoile "Cuvee Speciale", 2011 TheVeryGreatest John Blandy arrived on theDomaine de Montbourgeau was founded a century ago in the tiny Jura town of L'Etoile, the star, named for the star shaped fossils that pepper its soils, left behind when ancient seas dried up. The estate is celebrated for whites that are complex, saline, and mostly oxidative, all waxy yellow fruit and ringing minerality. The Cuvee Speciale is the top Chardonnay, made for the long haul. This back vintage 2011 has had well over a decade to deepen, and it