Cellier Saint Benoit Arbois Pupillin Courbes Raies Chardonnay 2022 canaiolo Helena which rises

Helena which rises

There are nuances of cherry

There is fine mid-palate density to the suave and seductively textured medium-bodied flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract before terminating in a bitter pit fruit and nicely balanced finale

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Wild yeast and small batch ferment

Cellier Saint Benoit Arbois Pupillin Courbes Raies Chardonnay 2022 canaiolo Helena which risesThe Chardonnay is just as outstanding as the Pinot Noir from the same vineyard. The vines are a touch youngerplanted in 1990and deliver a striking wine of intensity, texture and tension. Where the impact of the richer clays influences Benjamins wines from La Marcette and Viandris, the Courbes Raies vines sit on a band of Triassic limestone littered with fossils of ancient gryphe molluscs. There is also more sand in the clay here. To emphasise the