Richard Rottiers, Moulin-a-Vent Champ de Cour, 2013 so021125 alessandria 2020s offer and gooseberries

and gooseberries

partly in neutral oak from top Burgundy and Champagne growers (Egly-Ouriet among them)

and just a whiff of smoke

This is white Burgundy from the cool

in a category like Barbaresco

Richard Rottiers, Moulin-a-Vent Champ de Cour, 2013 so021125 alessandria 2020s offer and gooseberriesFrom Champ de Cour, considered Richard Rottiers' best terroir, a deep, south facing site of pink granite right under the windmill at Thorins in the heart of Moulin a Vent. Rottiers founded his domaine in 2007 and farms old vines organically, making serious, structured cru Beaujolais from Gamay that's a world away from the simple, fruity stereotype. Champ de Cour's deep clay and granite soils give a wine with surprising density and grip, raised in