Jean-Philippe Fichet, Meursault Chevalieres lieu-dit, 2024 NV [2022] "L'Île Rouge" (The Red Island)

"L'Île Rouge" (The Red Island) honors his Madagascar origins

and a saline mineral undertow characteristic of southeastern Sicily's unique terroir

which by any normal measure isn't entry-level at all

dried cherry

The cool vintage of 2008 shaped this wine into something graceful rather than monumental—18 years on and it’s reached perfect drinking equilibrium

Jean-Philippe Fichet, Meursault Chevalieres lieu-dit, 2024 NV [2022] "L'Île Rouge" (The Red Island)Jean Philippe Fichet, one of Meursault's master winemakers, made his name by revealing the soul of his village's overlooked lieux dits, and Chevalieres is a star among them. It's a site prized for its minerality and pure fruit, and Fichet handles it the way he handles everything: hand farming, a patient 18 month elevage in mostly used wood and then tank, very little lees stirring, all in service of a racy, transparent, electric style. The 2024 vintage