François’ Mikulski’s father, Lieutenant Mieczyslaw Mikulski, escaped from occupied Poland in 1939. Fleeing to England, he joined the Resistance troops of the Free Polish Forces. He met his wife, a Burgundy native, working on an English army base, and they moved together to Brussels, where François was born. François spent his formative summers in Burgundy and fell in love with the pastoral lifestyle—his dream of making wine was born. He inherited his first vines in Meursault in 1992 and has since pursued his vision of an authentic, pure Meursault. François Mikulski is a practitioner of lutte raisonnée, employing the most natural and organic vineyard practices possible. The grapes are harvested meticulously and destemmed before a light pressing and full débourbage. After fermentation, the wines are racked into 20% new oak barrels, where they undergo malolactic fermentation and 18 months of aging.

This bottling of chardonnay comes from the heart of the Charmes premier cru, in a parcel planted in 1913. Just 0.18 hectares in size, the vineyard is farmed under a traditional métayage agreement (50% of each harvest goes equally to the owner and the tenant) and produces a tiny amount of wine each year. The old vines are deeply rooted in silt and gravel over layered limestone, giving the wine both power and nuance. This is a profoundly concentrated Meursault: dense yet detailed, with the depth and structure of a wine that flirts with grand cru stature.

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These wines are pre-arrival with an estimated arrival date of late June. During warmer months orders are placed on hold, your wines will ship as weather permits and the daily range is consistently between 45 and 74 degrees. Please note pre-arrival sales are non-refundable as suppliers require us to make binding commitments and deposits to secure the wine.