Caroline Parent Ladoix La Toppe d'Avignon 2021 (750ml) *

At the northern edge of the Côte de Beaune sits Ladoix, one of Burgundy's quieter appellations, and this bottling from Caroline Parent comes off the named parcel of La Toppe d'Avignon in the 2021 vintage. Burgundy here works in the classic idiom of the region, where site and vintage speak more loudly than any winemaking flourish, and a lieu-dit designation like this points to fruit drawn from a single defined patch of ground rather than a broad blend.