{"product_id":"francois-mikulski-bourgogne-cote-dor-chardonnay-2020","title":"François Mikulski Bourgogne Côte d'Or Chardonnay 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"bj-hook\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMikulski's own technical sheet says it plainly: these two parcels sit at the limit of the Meursault appellation, and the wine behaves like a Meursault in length, fat and keeping.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheet for this cuvée lists 1.5 hectares of Chardonnay belonging to Marie-Pierre and François Mikulski, farmed by the domaine since 1992. One parcel was planted in 1986, the other by François in 2005, both on the lower slope where the subsoil is fine river alluvium. Production is around 9,000 bottles a year, farming organic without certification, and Fines, the importer in Japan, lists the 2020 at 13% alcohol. When Bill Nanson tasted the 2020 with François in November 2021 for \u003cem\u003eBurgundy-Report\u003c\/em\u003e, the fruit was described as four parcels on both sides of the village.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhites here are pressed pneumatically, settled hard and fermented on native yeasts over three to four months. This cuvée spent about ten months in oak before being racked to tank for two months ahead of bottling, according to both the technical sheet and the importer; the domaine's current web page gives twelve months in barrel and four to six in tank, so the regime has since lengthened. On 2020 itself, François told Nanson: \"It was, globally, not bad. We were about 30% below the authorised maximum yield for reds and about 15% down for the whites.\" \u003cem\u003eTerroir Journal\u003c\/em\u003e puts the Côte d'Or harvest from 20 August, two weeks ahead of average, after the driest summer in twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrançois Mikulski, son of a Polish father and a Meursault mother, spent 1983 with Josh Jensen at Calera before joining his uncle Pierre Boillot in 1984; he took over the Boillot vines under métayage on his uncle's retirement in 1991, and 1992 was his first vintage, per Fines. His son-in-law Thomas Boccon is named as the next generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eIn the glass\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNanson (\u003cem\u003eBurgundy-Report\u003c\/em\u003e, December 2021), tasting during élevage, found a smaller but pretty nose and a wide, mineral, fresh palate, and singled out the finish as \"gorgeous, complex, pure and moreish.\" Raphaël Gimenez-Fauvety (De Corps et d'Esprit, Paris), whose 2020 note the domaine publishes on its own site, describes very ripe pear with Brazil nut, pecan and almond, white peach and white flowers under a menthol lift, then a creamy palate of baked pear and apple, quince and bitter orange, ending on a powerful, almost tannic finish he attributes to the extraction of the vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eWhen to open\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLe Carré des Vins gives 2022–2027, holding to 2028 and beyond, at 11–12°C; Fines suggests 6–12°C. Gimenez-Fauvety's 2020 note asks for a sit-down meal with substance on the plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAt the table\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGimenez-Fauvety's pairings for this cuvée (2024 note) are bistro food: andouillette with mustard, Lyon pistachio sausage, veal Milanese, or spaghetti carbonara.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eQuick facts\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"bj-facts\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eProducer\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDomaine François Mikulski\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eAppellation\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBourgogne Côte d'Or\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eRegion\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCôte de Beaune, Burgundy, France\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eGrape\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChardonnay 100%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eVintage\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eVolume\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e750 ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eFarming\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrganic, not certified (producer)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eAlcohol\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13% (Fines)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eÉlevage\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAbout 10 months in oak, then 2 months in tank (producer sheet)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eBottles made\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAbout 9,000 a year (producer sheet)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced from the Japanese importer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bj-sources\"\u003e\u003csmall\u003eSources: Domaine François Mikulski (website and technical sheet); Fines (Japanese importer); \u003cem\u003eBurgundy-Report\u003c\/em\u003e (B. Nanson); Raphaël Gimenez-Fauvety, De Corps et d'Esprit; \u003cem\u003eTerroir Journal\u003c\/em\u003e; Le Carré des Vins\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"François Mikulski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47318882353460,"sku":"BJ-FR-FM-BC-20","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/0451\/8964\/files\/IMG_2561.jpg?v=1702541532","url":"https:\/\/bottlesjapan.com\/en-us\/products\/francois-mikulski-bourgogne-cote-dor-chardonnay-2020","provider":"Bottles Japan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}