Domaine Vincent Dancer works around six hectares from Chassagne-Montrachet, spread across Chassagne, Meursault, Pommard and the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune — a small estate with a following out of all proportion to its size.

The vines have been certified organic since 2012, farmed on the principle that the wine is already made by the time it reaches the cellar. Théo Dancer, Vincent’s son, joined in 2016 and took full charge in 2021; he is pushing yields lower still, towards 15 hl/ha.

In the cellar: indigenous yeasts, spontaneous malolactic, no bâtonnage, and bottling without fining or filtration. New oak is used sparingly, and increasingly replaced by older, larger-format barrels.

« Les Corbins » is a village climat of Meursault, and one of the domaine’s long-held parcels. The house treatment — no bâtonnage, restrained oak — deliberately strips out the butter and hazelnut cliché the appellation is known for.

White peach and hazelnut over acacia and a flinty edge; textured on the palate but firmly taut, with none of the fat, and a long saline finish. Meursault for people who thought they had stopped liking Meursault.