Bachelet-Monnot, Pommard 2022

Variety: Pinot Noir Brothers Marc and Alexandre Bachelet are known as some of Burgundy’s finest talents. Only starting in 2005, they used land holdings that belonged to their grandfather, and then their father after that. They have an array of seriously enviable plots strewn between Puligny, Chassagne, Meursault, and Santenay, all in the south of the Cote de Beaune. While they’re known primarily for their structured and precise Chardonnays, their Pinot Noir are equally charming and intensely aromatic. Even for being so new to Burgundy, these brothers have quickly moved their way among Burgundy’s most elite producers. These are 40 year old vines from a particularly dangerously steep Premier Cru plot right next to Pommard. The vines are worked by hand and there is a bit of whole cluster fermentation giving the wine some added texture. It ages in just a bit of new oak, the rest of it goes into used barrels.