Michel Sarrazin & Fils, Bourgogne Pinot Noir “Les Vieilles Vignes”

You wouldn’t think so by looking at the price, but today’s Bourgogne Pinot Noir is a real “statement wine” from Domaine Michel Sarrazin. And that statement is this: Every bottle Guy and Jean-Yves Sarrazin produces exceeds even the highest expectations.I vividly remember my visit to this out-of-the-way domaine from a few years ago, because it followed a star-studded jaunt through Burgundy’s priciest precincts—and yet it was this small farmstead in the Côte Chalonnaise village of Jamblés that made perhaps the biggest impression of all. The bucolic charm of Jamblés, a hamlet of about 50 people, and the salt-of-the-earth dedication of the Sarrazins reinforced everything I had read about Burgundy culture when I was first learning about wine. The Sarrazin wines are the genuine, hand-made article, as evidenced by the dozen or so locals who dropped in to buy wine during my short visit alone. Best-known for brambly, classically structured reds from the Givry appellation, the Sarrazins neverthel