Sylvaine & Alain Normand Bourgogne Chardonnay 2021 750 ML

Alain Normand hails from the Loire Valley, but his ancestral home is Normandy, hence his name. That makes him a Norsemana Vikingand true to form he is a tall red-headed man. He met Sylvaine, a Burgundian, in the wine school in Beaune. They began their careers by taking over an abandoned vineyard in La Roche-Vineuse with a metayage contract, a common agricultural practice in France whereby the landlord is paid in wine. Today, Alain works the vineyards, makes the wine, and sells off the landlords portion to negociants. He keeps the finest for himself. Sylvaine handles the office work when shes not handling the two children. Theirs is a typical family domaine operation.