($35, Vineyard Roads):
This is a fabulous value. Benjamin Leroux, the former winemaker at Comte Armand, the famed Pommard property, established his own estate in 2007. Now, like many small estates, has both his own grapes and buys some from growers he’s known over the years. This Bourgogne Blanc, comes mostly from his vineyard sites near Meursault supplemented by a little fruit from neighbors’ vineyards. It’s real white Burgundy, with a focus on mineral aspect as opposed to the fruitiness of Chardonnay. There’s a case of it in my cellar. How’s that for a recommendation. 92 Michael Apstein Apr 2, 2019