We're thrilled to offer the first wines from Jean Marshall, a new domaine in Burgundy working 1.45 hectares across Chambolle-Musigny and Nuits-Saint-Georges in a way that honors the region's ethos without being bound by its conventions. After working with Burgundy legend Charles Lachaux, Marshall set out on his own. Lachaux tipped off his distributor, the iconic Becky Wasserman, whose portfolio now holds these beauties.

Marshall farms organically with a distinctive approach: no-till viticulture, rolled cover crops instead of plowing, vines braided rather than hedged. Perhaps the most unusual aspect is his use of sandstone vessels for aging. Every wine, both white and red, is aged in ceramic (and sometimes stainless steel) with no oak whatsoever. This choice, virtually unprecedented for premier cru Burgundy, means no toast, no wood spice, no barrel tannins. Instead, a raw and crystalline expression of grape and place.

Here, century-old vines planted on extremely shallow limestone-rich soils yield 10-20 hectoliters per hectare, around one-third of the appellation average. The parcel sits beside an abandoned limestone quarry whose southeast-facing wall absorbs heat during the day and radiates it at night, creating an unusually warm, dry microclimate. The site ripens among the first in the entire Côte de Nuits.

Twenty-three months in sandstone produces deep, concentrated wine with notes of black cherry, licorice, and dried lavender alongside flint and chalk, with sticky tannin throughout. Powerful old-vine Nuits-Saint-Georges at its most striking.