Domaine Nicolas Santenay Les Charmes Dessous 2024 Winemaker_Rod Easthope and with four years’ ageing

and with four years’ ageing under its belt

Verdejo is my guilty pleasure white wine

You can add this one to the list as one of the regions’ best

with the tiniest most elegant bubbles

and aged for 12 months in a combination of French and American oak for extra texture and richness - sacrilege for this part of France

Domaine Nicolas Santenay Les Charmes Dessous 2024 Winemaker_Rod Easthope and with four years’ ageingSantenay isnt widely known or appreciated but talk to any wine expert who knows their stuff and theyll hold a soft spot for wines from here. Its the last stop south of Cotes de Beaune and before Cote Chalonnaise, so you get a darker, riper style of Pinot. This wine comes from a vineyard the size of a tennis court called Les Charmes Dessous. The vines are 70 years old, and produce fruit that is concentrated and complex. Then in the winery things get a