Stéphane Orieux's family has been farming organically in Vallet since his father Joseph started in the sixties — long before it was fashionable. Their mica-schist soils are the key: they give this Melon de Bourgogne its characteristic purity and lift. Lemon-lime fruit, crisp apple, raw almond, and a soft, smoky mineral finish that lingers. Fresh, invigorating, and honestly one of France's great white wine values.