Breakfast at Airbnb (bread, cheese and cookies)

 

Drove to Beaune 

 

Louis Jadot - had tour of modern circular winery with Philibert De Vregille.  Jadot appears to be investing a lot of money in modernization and quality improvement of its facilities - e.g., have begun to make their barrels - another novelty was that red wine was destemmed but white was not - we then went to tasting room where we tasted about 17 barrel samples of 2017 vintage wines - whites included one aligote from Bouzeron, a Chablis, a Pernand Vergelesses, a Beaune area white, a Meusault, a Montrachet Chassagne and a Corton Charlemagne - reds included a Santenay, a Pernand Vergelesses, two Beaunes (including Ursules (Jadot’s first vineyard), a Nuit St George, Gevrey Chambertain Petit Chapelle, a Vougeot, a Chambertain Chapelle 

 

We drove to Chambolle-Musigny, arriving a half hour late because a mistake in following the gps, but it all worked out fine (Mary Margaret called the restaurant and moved our reservation back)

 

Les Millésime - we ate a prix fix lunch at this one star Michelin restaurant with a good bottle of Chambolle-Musigny wine (mussel appetizer with mushrooms and escargot), a beef (like corned beef) dish with Cauliflower, and a fig dessert in reduced red wine sauce with whipped creme 

 

Comte de Vogue - this was a very old traditional estate in Chambolle-Musigny- we had a tasting with Francois Millet, the chief wine maker - he took us into the cellar and drew barrel samples from five wines from the 2018 vintage (Musigny 1er Cru, Musigny young vines, Amoureuses, Bonnes Mares and Musigny Vielle Vignes) and discussed each with us - we had a very philosophical discussion of his approach to the nature world (and the terroirs of the estate) and his approach to wine making (attempting to empathize with the vines, grapes and wine and find the best way to relate to each to achieve the most harmonious relationship).  He told us how hard that had been in the 2018 vintage because it was a unique vintage that did not line up with anything in his prior experience - the wines were dark in color and very concentrated, but there was a lot of fruit and we could see a lot of potential, especially in the grand cru wines

 

We then drove back Meloisey, stopping just north of Gevry Chambertain to buy groceri