Domaine Aurore Bachelet is located in Santenay — in south of the Côte de Beaune — at the foot of Montange des Trois Croix (Three Crosses Mountain). After graduating business school and traveling abroad, Aurore Bachelet returned to her Burgundian roots and took to viticultural and oenological studies. She spent the next five years training alongside her father Vincent at his eponymous domaine. Today, Aurore crafts wines from Burgundy’s two emblematic varietals: Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. With each vintage, she strives to showcase and respect the grapes’ Burgundian identity. Sustainable farming is practiced in the vineyards and all work is conducted manually. Aurore practices minimal intervention in her winemaking, holding to the belief that great wine is made in the vineyard, where careful work is essential throughout the year. Her wines are aged in her 17th century cellar in French oak for 12 to 18 months. They are refined through regular scrupulous tastings and care, assembled in vat, then bottled.

Aurore's Bourgogne Blanc is crafted from vines with an average age of 35 years which help deliver incredible concentration of flavor. This 100% Chardonnay presents a light gold color with shimmering light green reflections. A few swirls of the glass reward you with an abundance of bright orchard and citrus fruit aromas tinged with notes of hazelnut and wet stone. The palate is electric and well-balanced with a sensational, chiseled acidity that uplifts mouthwatering flavors of green apple, Asian pear and white apricot marked with citrus zest. There is a delightful spine of minerality that runs through this wine and carries it toward a lengthy and focused finish kissed with sea spray. Enjoy with a lemon asparagus risotto, salmon tortellini with a garlic cream sauce or traditional whole roasted chicken.