Jean-Claude Bachelet 'Les Macherelles' 1er Cru Chassagne-Montrachet 2021 ORGANIC When planted

When planted

but our high-elevation vineyards have great air drainage which allows us to extend the growing season late into October without freeze

His family's 7-hectare estate in Ajaccio is planted to Vermentino

with a bedrock of limestone and dolomite covered by iron tainted clay

sinuous and more-ish

Jean-Claude Bachelet 'Les Macherelles' 1er Cru Chassagne-Montrachet 2021 ORGANIC When plantedThe 2020 Chassagne Montrachet Les Macherelles 1er Cru presents a finely tuned nose of citrus lemon, peach skin and touches of candle wax and crushed stone. The palate is clean and precise on the entry, then very smooth and harmonious, offering seductive peachy, mango notes. Not amazingly complex on the finish, yet there is fine persistence and sensibility to this Chassagne. Jean Baptiste (first vintage 2005) and Benot Bachelet (first vintage 2000) are