2023 Christian Bellang & Fils Meursault, Cote de Beaune, France Stagiaire Pissarres is Costers del Priorat’s

Pissarres is Costers del Priorat’s flagship wine

Light lees stirring

agroforestry

where the wine rests on fine lees until spring bottling

2023 Christian Bellang & Fils Meursault, Cote de Beaune, France Stagiaire Pissarres is Costers del Priorat’sDrawn from clay limestone parcels around the village, this Chardonnay is pressed as whole clusters and fermented cool to keep the line taut, then raised about a year on fine lees in mostly used barrels with a light touch of new oak. Full malolactic and a quiet levage bring texture without heaviness, so the 2023 reads classically Meursaultripe pear and lemon oil with white flowers, a gentle hazelnut echo, and a clean, chalk saline finish that feels