Bachelet-Monnot, Pinot Noir, Pommard, Les Chanlins, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France 2020

Bachelet Monnot is comprised of brothers Marc and Alexandre Bachelet, who oversee an enviable catalogue of top Côte de Beaune vineyards: St. Aubin En Remilly, the top sites in Maranges, Puligny 1er Cru Folatières, Puligny 1er Cru Referts, Batard Montrachet, Chassagne Montrachet, and some of the best parcels in Santenay. Since their first vintage in 2005, Bachelet Monnot has refined their approach to farming and winemaking to the point where they are now firmly established as two of Burgundy’s finest talents. The whites go through a long press before being fermented with indigenous yeasts in larger 350L barrels and are aged for 12 months in barrel and an additional 6 months in stainless steel tank before release. The comparisons to some of Burgundy’s elites make complete sense as the resulting wines are breathtakingly layered, racy, and achingly long. And like many of Burgundy’s best, the reds are of equal quality with an aromatic lift, grain and texture that makes them among the most compelling Pinot Noirs made in the Côte-d’Or today.

• Above and touches 1er Chanlins on the Volnay side of Pommard, just next to Rugiens
• 40+ year old vines
• Very dangerous, steep parcel at 400m that is worked by hand
• Red clay and chalk soil
• 15% whole cluster
• Indigenous yeast
• Aged in barrel (15% new)