Domaine Michele & Patrice Rion, Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras (village), 2023 needs photo Meix Foulot lets its wines

Meix Foulot lets its wines arrive when they're actually ready to drink — and here that means a 2020 red with six years of age already behind it

from scallops to butter-poached lobster

4 hectares

the fruit and site stay front and center

or creamy vegetable dishes

Domaine Michele & Patrice Rion, Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras (village), 2023 needs photo Meix Foulot lets its winesA village Chambolle hiding inside a Premier Cru name. Les Cras is best known as a Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru, but there's a village tier section sitting just above the classified parcels and this is the bottling Rion makes from it. East facing, halfway up the hill, with shallow clay studded with crushed limestone, it produces a Chambolle of real elegance at a village price. Patrice and Michle Rion launched the domaine in 1990; their son Maxime now runs