Renaud Boyer
Bourgogne Blanc Les Riaux 2020
Chardonnay
Burgundy, France
Renaud Boyer is one of those winemakers that all camps seem to agree on, but admittedly, I kind of hate that the classicists like his wines. At their core, Renaud’s bottles are apex natural wines—fuck yous to the Burgundian establishments that pursue polish and bourgeois ideals of luxury above all else. I used to think that natural wine was a response to conventional wine's pursuits of typicity, but now I feel that my notion was backwards the whole time—Renaud's wines prove this. Natural wine is typicity, is what place tastes like. Boyer's bottles are Burgundy stripped down to its core without smoke and mirrors, puffy vests, and fancy cars. Les Riaux 20, essentially Renaud’s entry level wine, is deluxe yet minimal Burgundian essentialism, and peak Chardonnay expressionism that evolves in the glass, blossoming with each successive sip.
750 ml
$39
Bourgogne Blanc Les Riaux 2020
Chardonnay
Burgundy, France
Renaud Boyer is one of those winemakers that all camps seem to agree on, but admittedly, I kind of hate that the classicists like his wines. At their core, Renaud’s bottles are apex natural wines—fuck yous to the Burgundian establishments that pursue polish and bourgeois ideals of luxury above all else. I used to think that natural wine was a response to conventional wine's pursuits of typicity, but now I feel that my notion was backwards the whole time—Renaud's wines prove this. Natural wine is typicity, is what place tastes like. Boyer's bottles are Burgundy stripped down to its core without smoke and mirrors, puffy vests, and fancy cars. Les Riaux 20, essentially Renaud’s entry level wine, is deluxe yet minimal Burgundian essentialism, and peak Chardonnay expressionism that evolves in the glass, blossoming with each successive sip.
750 ml
$39
