Jean-Charles Fagot Saint-Aubin 1er Cru 2023 Emilia and a refusal to compromise

and a refusal to compromise

or a simple roasted branzino with olive oil and herbs

the upside was cool nights before an early harvest

The vineyard’s natural resilience

This bottling exists because of Steve Rhodes

Jean-Charles Fagot Saint-Aubin 1er Cru 2023 Emilia and a refusal to compromiseThe Land Saint Aubin exists because of a fold in the hills. The village sits in a side valley running west off the main Cte, tucked out of sight behind Chassagne Montrachet and Puligny Montrachet, and for most of its history that invisibility was the whole problem: the RN74 runs past its neighbors and not past Saint Aubin. The geology does not care. The vineyards climb to higher elevation than the villages below them, on thin limestone and marl soils,