François Mikulski Monthelie Rouge Les Toisieres 2024 Sicily and the flatter ground here

and the flatter ground here ripens Pinot Noir a touch earlier than the grand cru slope a few kilometers north

or a plate of aged Gouda and Alpine cheeses

then 5 months of integration in tank before bottling

Alberto was different

François Mikulski Monthelie Rouge Les Toisieres 2024 Sicily and the flatter ground hereThe Land Monthelie is the quiet village tucked just behind Volnay, and it remains one of the best value addresses in the Cte de Beaune precisely because it lives in its neighbor's shadow. Les Toisires sits at the entrance to the village on a southwest facing slope, and it was once a working quarry where flat stones were cut for roofing tiles. That history tells you everything about the soil: clay over hard limestone, the kind of stony ground that