Domaine Denis Bachelet Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Corbeaux VV 2023 [NET] SO20231109 aged the mandatory five years

aged the mandatory five years before release

no animal products anywhere in the vineyard

farming one of the better sites in Arbois

mineral place

Les Enseigneres is a village-level Puligny lieu-dit with one enormous footnote: it sits directly adjacent to the Grand Cru Batard-Montrachet

Domaine Denis Bachelet Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Corbeaux VV 2023 [NET] SO20231109 aged the mandatory five yearsLes Corbeaux is Denis Bachelet's only premier cru in Gevrey Chambertin, and the Vieilles Vignes bottling comes from his oldest vines in the parcel. From a tiny four hectare estate he has run nearly alone since 1983, this is the wine that shows his gift for marrying power with perfume. Sustainably farmed, restrained on oak, it's a structured, deeply flavored Gevrey premier cru built for the cellar. The 2023 has the stuffing to age a decade plus, or