[SOLD-OUT] Chandon de Brialles Pernand-Vergelesses Premier Cru Cru Ile des Vergelesses 2015

HOME TO SOME OF THE DOMAINE'S OLDEST VINES, CHANDON DE BRIALLES CONSIDER THIS TO BE OF "GRAND CRU QUALITY"... THIS WINE CERTAINLY BACKS UP THAT CLAIM.  

"This is a stunning, limestone-rich vineyard, relatively high up on the slope, atop Les Vergelesses, and directly facing the hill of Corton. The cool east-by-northeast exposure means that this vineyard is often picked quite late in the harvest, and it produces a wine with great depth of fruit yet equally with an intense minerality. The Domaine consider this to be "Grand Cru quality" and the wines often back this up. This vineyard is also home to some of the oldest vines of the Domaine, planted in 1938. The 2015 is a really deep and profound expression of this wine with waves of dark cherry and cocoa powder fruit and an opulent texture moderated by the powdery tannins." - Bibendum

 

"A wonderfully fresh if somewhat reticent nose grudgingly offers up very ripe notes of dark currant, earth and a pretty range of floral elements. There is once again outstanding richness to the full-bodied, muscular and relatively powerful flavors that culminate in a noticeably warm and structured finale. This is a good deal less elegant than it usually is and seems to be very much a creature of its vintage; indeed perhaps a little too much so. That said the track record of the domaine with this wine is so good." - Allen Meadows

 

 

Country:

France

Region:

France- Burgundy CotedeNuits

Variety:

Wine Red - Pinot noir

Size:

750mL