Domaine des Croix, Saint Romain Blanc Combe Bazin, 2023 041125LoireOffer a month or more of

a month or more of maceration

and Chevalieres is a star among them

Cassis softened to dried currant

hands-off approach: whole-cluster fermentation

and vibrant

Domaine des Croix, Saint Romain Blanc Combe Bazin, 2023 041125LoireOffer a month or more ofSaint Romain is the high, cool corner of the Cte de Beaune that savvy drinkers turn to for fresh, mineral whites and Combe Bazin is David Croix's project there, a hectare of Chardonnay on shallow soils at around 350m altitude. The elevation keeps everything bright and tense. Croix, who founded the domaine in 2005 after years in the Camille Giroud cellar, farms this organically and treats it about as naturally as he can: ambient yeast fermentation, a