Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 CRV10 Bernard-Bonin is a tiny Meursault

Bernard-Bonin is a tiny Meursault domaine that has rocketed into the conversation among connoisseurs in the past few years

Expect black currant

and DRC's parcel typically yields a wine of velvety

and the wine is built in their honor: no pretense

limestone-rich slopes near the village's old quarry

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard 2023 CRV10 Bernard-Bonin is a tiny MeursaultRibolla Gialla is a Friulian white grape almost unheard of outside Italy, brought to Napa in 2001 from cuttings of Josko Gravner's famous vineyard and planted at the foot of Mt. Veeder. The block now owned by the Bengier family and farmed meticulously by Steve Matthiasson sits on deep alluvial gravelly clay loam in densely planted rows, with vine to vine competition encouraged. Arnot Roberts ferments it cleanly (no skin contact here) and ages it in