Paul Pillot Chassagne Montrachet Rouge VV 2022

This gorgeous old-vine Chassagne rouge hails from a single 0.94-hectare parcel of 50-plus-year-old Pinot Noir vines grown on the red clays of Les Grandes Terres on the Santenay side of Chassagne. The clay-rich soil has long produced some of the finest and silkiest reds of the village. The 2022 fermented with 50% bunches, bringing perfume and extra-fine tannins. It?s an incredibly pretty, floral, red-and-blue-fruited expression of Chassagne. It?s already drinking remarkably well! Wholesaler's notes.

?Mid purple, the nose offers a leaner raspberry style, and then a little more flesh behind, a darker fruit before the white pepper kicks in, with a little fresh but not vegetal bitterness to finish.? 87-90 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy.