Cellier Saint Benoit Arbois Pupillin Courbes Raies Chardonnay 2023 Size::6 Bottle Case jasmine and pear

jasmine and pear

Those vines at the top of the slope thrive on limestone (the `St-Émilion plateau') whilst those further down benefit from a clay/loam topsoil (the 'Côtes')

complex and complete release

distinctive

Cellier Saint Benoit Arbois Pupillin Courbes Raies Chardonnay 2023 Size::6 Bottle Case jasmine and pearThe Chardonnay from the same vineyard is just outstanding. 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 different terroirs of