Domaine Denis Bachelet Charmes Chambertin Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru 2019 [NET] CS20230828 the great local white grape

the great local white grape

The Riserva comes from the estate's oldest vines

The soil is poorer and sits on a rocky limestone bench at the top of the hill as the slope tapers down and it becomes more clayey

The kind of southern French red that drinks like a serious mountain wine - finesse over force

Domaine Denis Bachelet Charmes Chambertin Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru 2019 [NET] CS20230828 the great local white grapeDenis Bachelet is one of Gevrey's quiet cult names, a tiny domaine producing wines of remarkable purity and finesse. The Charmes Chambertin Vieilles Vignes is the jewel fruit from vines planted between 1907 and 1917, now well over a century old. The 2019 vintage delivered Bachelet's signature silken texture with extra concentration and density. This is Charmes at its most lifted and perfumed, the kind of wine that rewards patience and a great