These grapes are from Les Treufferes, a parcel of 40-year-old Chardonnay above the village of Buxy in the heart of the Montagny Premier Cru appellation in the Cote Chalonnaise. Facing south-east, the vines are high-trained with long baguettes, allowing lots of air to penetrate and an ideal leaf to fruit ratio. The soil is a friable clay-limestone loam and has not seen any synthetic treatments so no pesticides or herbicides since planting 40 years ago. The soil is very alive and naturally open from the work of worms and other soil-microfauna and microflora. This is a big part of the secret to this wine’s freshness and length.