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Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru, “Morgeot-les-Fairendes”

Burgundy, France 2017 (750mL)
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Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru, “Morgeot-les-Fairendes”

This 2017, from just a quarter-hectare of vines in a prime subsection of the famed “Morgeot” Premier Cru, is trademark Pillot—bursting with vivid minerality and richly textured, impeccably pure fruit. The hand-harvested grapes are fermented and aged in 228-liter Burgundy barrels, of which roughly 25% are new. When you put your nose in the glass, there’s only one thing this can be: the finest white Burgundy, crystalline and textured and spellbinding. In the glass, it shines a brilliant yellow with silver and vivid green reflections. Salted lemon, white peach, and yellow apples ease right into a luscious core of limestone and crushed-rock minerality that radiates with citrus blossoms and myriad white/yellow flowers. Its aromas are enticingly seductive and the palate shines with brilliant energy and plush, fleshy fruit. The accessibility, or ‘openness,’ of the wine is a Pillot signature: You can enjoy this wine immensely now or cellar it for 10+ years! If it’s the former, serve in large Burgundy stems around 50-55 degrees after a 60-minute decant.

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France

Bourgogne

Beaujolais

Enjoying the greatest wines of Beaujolais starts, as it usually does, with the lay of the land. In Beaujolais, 10 localities have been given their own AOC (Appellation of Controlled Origin) designation. They are: Saint Amour; Juliénas; Chénas; Moulin-à Vent; Fleurie; Chiroubles; Morgon; Régnié; Côte de Brouilly; and Brouilly.

Southwestern France

Bordeaux

Bordeaux surrounds two rivers, the Dordogne and Garonne, which intersect north of the city of Bordeaux to form the Gironde Estuary, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The region is at the 45th parallel (California’s Napa Valley is at the38th), with a mild, Atlantic-influenced climate enabling the maturation of late-ripening varieties.

Central France

Loire Valley

The Loire is France’s longest river (634 miles), originating in the southerly Cévennes Mountains, flowing north towards Paris, then curving westward and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantes. The Loire and its tributaries cover a huge swath of central France, with most of the wine appellations on an east-west stretch at47 degrees north (the same latitude as Burgundy).

Northeastern France

Alsace

Alsace, in Northeastern France, is one of the most geologically diverse wine regions in the world, with vineyards running from the foothills of theVosges Mountains down to the Rhine River Valley below.

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