Domaine Michele & Patrice Rion, Cote de Nuits-Villages Vieilles Vignes, 2023 grab and go white wine with the kind of saline

with the kind of saline drive that puts oysters and fresh goat cheese in mind before anything else

who has worked alongside Maria Teresa Mascarello at Bartolo Mascarello since 2011

and oak driven Kentucky rye whiskey

The 2008 vintage was a textbook classical year in Piedmont — bright acidity

and blackberry accented by spice

Domaine Michele & Patrice Rion, Cote de Nuits-Villages Vieilles Vignes, 2023 grab and go white wine with the kind of salineCte de Nuits Villages with old vine depth. Patrice Rion sits in Premeaux Prissey, one of the five communes whose vines can be bottled as Cte de Nuits Villages and his Vieilles Vignes cuve draws on the older parcels, giving a wine with more weight and concentration than the appellation usually delivers. Patrice founded the domaine in 1990 with Michle; son Maxime came aboard in 2005 and now runs the cellar. 2023 brought ripe, generous Cte de Nuits reds