Robert Ampeau & Fils Meursault 2000 CS20230828 with a cellar carved straight

with a cellar carved straight into the tuffeau bedrock beneath their feet

Its effervescence is gentle

often into November

The sweet orange peel

Robert Ampeau & Fils Meursault 2000 CS20230828 with a cellar carved straightThere's no other domaine like Robert Ampeau in Burgundy. There are plenty of old school vignerons making pitch perfect wines from top sites, and plenty more who've followed Ampeau's innovations (like cover cropping for deep roots and water management). But no one no one! else makes wine at this level and thenwaits. And waits. And waits. And then finally sells it only when the wine is a point ready to drink. Michel Ampeau (Robert's son) now runs the