Chantal Lescure 2022 Bourgogne Rouge "Les Verduns"
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Red
$34.99
The Chantal Lescure Bourgogne Rouge "Les Verduns" is from 40 year-old vines on a soil of "marnes blanches" in this unusual south-west-facing parcel high on the slope adjacent to Pommard "Les Vignots." Vinification is 100% with whole-clusters, without addition of SO2, giving a firm structure to this very classy Bourgogne Rouge. Aging is in 500-liter barrels, none new, the wine is bottled unfiltered with a tiny addition of SO2, about 15mg/liter. The wine shows elegant high-toned quite floral aromas of earthy Morello cherry and strawberry with hints of spice, mint and rose petal. The palate is earthy and mineral with saline acidity underlying ripe wild strawberry and black cherry fruit, bright and well-structured, showing the whole-cluster fermentation. The finish is very long and sappy, dominated by mineral and red currant/cherry flavors, with a bitter hint that lingers on the palate. This is a very elegant red Burgundy that will benefit from many hours of aeration or cellaring for 5 to 8 years. I love this wine but I never mange to leave it in the basement...
