Originating from white marl soils, the 2023 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Derrière Chez Edouard reveals itself aromatically with a bouquet of pear and white flowers, framed by a reductive note attributable to Lamy’s practice of retaining more lees in hot vintages, which accentuates the wine’s reductive character. On the palate, it is medium-bodied, bright and textural, with a crisp core of fruit, racy acidity and a long, chalky finish. Harvested between September 2 and 12, Olivier Lamy has produced another compelling range of wines in 2023, despite below-average rainfall, a hot growing season and localized hail in July. This year, he pursued greater extraction to endow the wines with a more pronounced dry extract, lending them a firmer structure and a heightened sensation of freshness. After all, he is a vigneron who believes that taste matters more than mere analysis.(KK)