🏰 The 2022 white Burgundy vintage is highly celebrated for its consistency and quality, despite unusual weather patterns. A milder winter and spring, followed by a notably hot and dry summer, were balanced by strategic vineyard management and timely June rainfall. Critics have called it "the best I have tasted in over a decade" and "the best, most consistent set of white wines we had ever tasted at Burgfest – surpassing 2020, 2017 and even 2014." These wines are superbly balanced, with ripe fruit profiles, keen acidity, and plenty of depth and complexity, reminding many why they fell in love with Burgundy. The 2022 whites are described as über-drinkable today, with age-worthy potential, balletic structures, and profound harmonies. This Auxey-Duresses Les Vieilles Vignes Blanc is a soft and structured wine, offering notes of Reinette apple, hawthorn, and lemon. On the palate, it presents a rich and creamy attack, supported by beautiful freshness and a lovely mineral tension. It has a clear and bright, pale straw color with crystal clarity, and aromas of fresh almond and apple, with added biscuity and mineral (gunflint) notes. It's sprightly when young, becoming fuller and meatier with age, always maintaining good aromatic persistence. 【A soft and structured white 布根地 with a rich, creamy attack and beautiful freshness.】 🍴 This versatile white wine pairs wonderfully with a range of dishes. It's excellent with fish in sauce, white meats, and Asian cuisine. Specific suggestions include zander, pike, frog legs, terrines, and various cheeses. It also complements prawns, fish in spicy sauces, ratatouille, cooked shellfish, and cheeses from the Gruyère family, blue cheeses, or certain goat's cheeses. For a modern twist, try it with chargrilled chicken breast, baby gem, and Dijon mayonnaise. 🥂 Ideal for aperitifs, seafood dinners, light lunches, or as a versatile white wine for various occasions, from casual gatherings to more formal settings.