Bouzereau-Gruère - Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Blanchot Dessus' 2020 (750ml) Chambertin Grand Cru

Bouzereau-Gruère - Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Blanchot Dessus' 2020 (750ml) Chambertin Grand CruThis wine exemplifies the confusion surrounding Burgundy. The vineyard, Blanchot, is divided into two parts, Blanchot Dessus (dessus means upper) and Blanchot Dessous (dessous means lower). Blanchot Dessus is a classified as a Premier Cru, while the lower part, is just a village wine. (Both parts of the vineyard abut Grand Cru vineyards.) Though just a village wine, in hands of Domaine Bouzereau Grure, it tastes like a Premier Cru. Happily, for the

and refined balsamic notes

Rich and explosive

Very easy drinking

and Cannonau for fruit and body to achieve an elegant wine of layered complexity

Will perfectly pair with sushi

The vines' venerable age gives this wine particularly concentrated aromas

soups and salad

Nose: Quite complex

raspberries and blackberries with hints of graphite and lead pencil

THE REVIEWS

Bright acidity and a fine balanced tannin lead the way to an ocean tide finish that ebbs back onto the palette long after the sip is finished

It is bone dry