Burgundy
L'Aurore - 2023 - Raphaëlle Guyot
Raphaëlle Guyot
A true Chardonnay nose, all about quince, candied lemon, and a buttery touch. The palate is round with lovely volume, carried by a mineral tension. A proper apéro wine that’ll shine just as well at the dinner table.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Organic wine
- Designation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2029
- rock’n’roll
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100% Chardonnay, a single-parcel cuvée made from purchased grapes coming from vines in organic conversion since 2019, planted in 2015 in Saint-Bris-le-Vineux on clay-limestone soils. Hand-harvested at optimal ripeness on the 17th of September 2023, in 20 kg crates. Direct pressing in a pneumatic press, careful settling, alcoholic fermentation in barrels for 6 months, then 6 months of ageing in tank. Bottled in August 2024 after a light plate filtration. 2g/hl of sulphur added before bottling.

Raphaëlle Guyot
Raphaëlle Guyot is one of those winemakers who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty to bring life back to a terroir that’s rarely in the spotlight: the Yonne. After a BTS in viticulture and oenology in Beaune—where she trained at the iconic Burgundy estate of Thibault Liger-Belair—she kept learning from the best, with stints at domaines with wildly different approaches, like Vincent Pinard,...
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