Les Faverelles, Le Nez de Muse Vezelay White, 2023 Wholesale extended élevage in large neutral

extended élevage in large neutral Slavonian casks

The everyday white from one of Ribera del Duero's most historic estates

where steep slopes and blue slate soils produce wines with both vibrancy and depth

cool maceration to preserve perfume and lift

low tannin—meant to drink young

Les Faverelles, Le Nez de Muse Vezelay White, 2023 Wholesale extended élevage in large neutralLes Faverelles is a small organic estate in Vezelay, the far northern outpost of Burgundy run by Patrick and Isabelle, who traded a Paris bookshop for the vines. Le Nez de Muse is their fresh, unoaked Chardonnay, fermented and aged in steel to keep all the cool climate cut and clarity intact. Patrick refuses to chaptalize, so these wines come in light, bright and brisk, true to Vezelay's slow ripening terroir. This is white Burgundy that prizes energy