Les Faverelles, Le Nez de Muse Vezelay White, 2023 Wholesale cool maceration to preserve perfume

cool maceration to preserve perfume and lift

extended élevage in large neutral Slavonian casks

with all its contrasts intact—refined and feral

in a classical vintage and a softer style

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

Les Faverelles, Le Nez de Muse Vezelay White, 2023 Wholesale cool maceration to preserve perfumeLes 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