2023 Domaine de Cassiopee Maranges Blanc Les Plantes, Cote de Beaune, France 1.5L Magnum Amoise Soil Clay

Soil    Clay

and pear—with a spicy

Perfect fruit was whole-cluster pressed in a horizontal bladder press

Average vine age: 6-25 years old

Fermented in cement tank with indigenous yeast

2023 Domaine de Cassiopee Maranges Blanc Les Plantes, Cote de Beaune, France 1.5L Magnum Amoise Soil ClayMaranges is the southernmost appellation of the Cote de Beaune and probably the least known. It's divided among three villages south of Santenay and Chassange Montrachet, and Domaine de Cassiope is at the eastern end, at the limit of the 1ers crus, in Sampigny ls Maranges. Shadowed by the Trois Croix mountains, the villages are caught between hills and valleys and the plots of vines are interspersed with wild forest. Cooler temperatures mean later