2021 Chassagne Montrachet Grandes Ruchottes
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The 2021 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Grandes Ruchottes 1er Cru has a sweeter tropical-tinged bouquet with touches of passion fruit and nectarine, though it manages to retain fine delineation. The oak is neatly integrated. The palate is slightly reductive on the entry, with good depth, a little waxy in texture with a touch of hazelnut and oatmeal towards the finish. Classy. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
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The 2021 Chassagne-Montrachet La Grande Ruchottes 1er Cru has a well-defined bouquet though it doesn't quite have the expression of the La Grande Montagne. The palate is more open with desiccated orange peel, peach skin and less mineral-driven with a pithy finish. Very fine.
Pillot managed to produce the equivalent of two and a half barrels of the 2021 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Grandes Ruchottes, and again, despite the low yield, the resulting wine is brilliant, exhibiting aromas of pear, orange zest, bread dough, bee pollen and struck flint. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and chiseled, with racy acids and chalky structuring extract, it concludes with a long, saline finish.