Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon Macon Prisse 2024 BFCM21ALL and Cuvée de Beauchamp is

and Cuvée de Beauchamp is a signature bottling — a Grenache-led southern Rhône built for the table

Pauline and Géraud Fromont's Marnes Blanches belongs near the top of the list — a couple who founded their domaine in 2006 fresh out of winemaking school

spontaneous fermentation and aging in used tonneau on fine lees until bottling in May

farmed biodynamically (certified since 2006) and raised for years in old barrels

and forest-floor complexity that only old Barolo can offer

Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon Macon Prisse 2024 BFCM21ALL and Cuvée de Beauchamp isDominique Lafon, the Meursault master, saw the Maconnais' potential before the rest of Burgundy and founded Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon in 1999. The domaine farms biodynamically and turns out world class Chardonnay at prices that still feel like a secret. Prisse sits at the southern end of the Maconnais, neighboring Saint Veran country, and gives a Macon with more cut and mineral drive than the rounder northern villages. Lafon's signature freshness