Gautheron d'Anost "Hautes-Côtes de Beaune" Bourgogne Blanc '23

Bastien Gautheron is a rising star in Burgundy. Encouraged by his wife, Daphné, friends, and wine community, Bastien Gautheron took the leap and became a first-generation producer, creating Maison Gautheron d’Anost in a small cellar in the village of Couchey. His first vintage produced was in 2020.

Creating a new domaine in Burgundy is no easy task. Bastien purchased two vineyards in Savingy-lès-Beaune and in the Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune AOC, both farmed organically since 2017.

In the cellar, the grapes are handled in a way to limit extraction, with a maximum of two punch-downs before alcoholic fermentation, followed by daily pump-overs. The wines are fermented with natural yeast in stainless steel containers. All the wine is aged in barrel, although his approach is different depending on the grape and cuvée. The white wines are aged in both 228-liter and 350-liter barrels.

The future is extremely exciting for Maison Gautheron d'Anost. Just this Fall, he completed a brand new "urban chai" in the city of Dijon. Bastien has a strong connection to Dijon, having grown up in the Eiffel district of the city, just adjacent to some of the last vineyards at the time in Dijon. He has planted Chardonnay in the hillsides surrounding Dijon. a return to the past given that Dijon in the 1800s was a town of 60,000 people, with 3,000 hectares of vineyards! This year we are introducing his first every release under the Bourgogne Dijon label. While he currently has 2 hectares planted in the hills of Dijon, his ultimate goal is to increase that to a total of 4 hectares.  

This delicious white is made from grapes from some of Bastien's own vineyards in the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune. We love the white wines from the Hautes-Côtes, and this is no exception. Here you have a beautiful nose, more on the citrus side, grapefruit and lemon. The wine is medium-weight, but carries exceptional freshness and balance. For those who love old-school Chablis, this is a must try!