Domaine de la Vougeraie, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru, 2006 SO030423_Loire Remarkably well-placed despite its village

Remarkably well-placed despite its village AOC designation

effortlessly drinkable

drawn from those original Dundee Hills plantings

from biodynamic vines and a unique winemaking method

so this has the bones for the cellar but is starting to open

Domaine de la Vougeraie, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru, 2006 SO030423_Loire Remarkably well-placed despite its villageThis is the top of the Cte de Nuits, full stop Bonnes Mares is one of Burgundy's great grand crus, and Domaine de la Vougeraie farms a coveted parcel of it biodynamically (organic from its 1999 founding, with biodynamics begun in 2001, on the leading edge of the movement). The vines run from over a century old to younger plantings, on an east facing slice partly sheltered by an old quarry's rock, which gives the wine its trademark mix of muscle and