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He even employs just one person per hectare, an ambitious and costly ratio that results in low yields of exceptionally high quality fruit. Made of two vintages from two vineyards, the oft-overlooked Meunier grape steps into the spotlight, each plot vinified separately with 5 months on the lees before blending followed by 2 years in bottle and finished without dosage. Incredibly moving \u0026amp; impossibly gorgeous, this is a titan amongst mortals, rich and decadent with notes of burnt honey, white lilac, caramel flan \u0026amp; salted caramel. 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