Les Cortis Vin de France Mérune Blanc 2022

Les Cortis Vin de France Mérune Blanc is a Chardonnay-led white with a fifth Altesse, raised entirely in fibreglass.

Mérune is the first of the white blends made by Les Cortis, drawn from two small plots near Bugey where Chardonnay and the Savoie variety Altesse grow side by side. Les Bovettes sits at 280 metres and carries twenty-five-year-old Chardonnay; La Côte, at 330 metres, is planted to Altesse, Chardonnay and Gamay of between forty-five and seventy-five years. Both sites have deep, silty, rocky soils. The final blend runs eighty per cent Chardonnay to twenty per cent Altesse, and the wine spends eight months in fibreglass tanks after fermentation, so there is no oak influence at all. It is bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulphur. Jérémy Decoster has a particular affection for this cuvée, describing it as lemony and consistently expressive.

Drink over the next two to four years with oysters, grilled whiting or a green salad with goat's cheese. Serve at 10-12°C.

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