Domaine Ligier Arbois Chardonnay 2023 SF Chronicle perfumed Loire cabernet franc crossed

perfumed Loire cabernet franc crossed with a cool-climate gamay

limestone and marl soils in Montigny and Arbois

Approachable and honeyed

this is Pinot of lift and energy rather than weight

This is what makes Jura Chardonnay so delicious and unique in spades

Domaine Ligier Arbois Chardonnay 2023 SF Chronicle perfumed Loire cabernet franc crossedArbois is the historic heart of the Jura and one of France's very first AOCs, and Domaine Ligier farms 10 hectares right there on precious blue marl and Triassic clay slopes, treating every bottle, sparkling or still, with equal seriousness. This is their still Arbois Chardonnay, grown on the same savory marl and clay that gives the region its distinctive power. Unlike the chalk grown Chardonnays of Champagne, Ligier's fruit has broader shoulders and