Jean-Claude Bachelet, Chassagne Montrachet Macherelles Blanc

Jean-Claude Bachelet, Chassagne Montrachet Macherelles BlancThis is also quite ripe with a similar aromatic profile save for a hint of petrol. There is again excellent volume to the rich, succulent and suave flavors that terminate in a finish that again lacks much refinement. Still, there is both fine depth and persistence and this should drink well after only a few years of bottle aging while rewarding 5 to 8 years of it if desired.

this is a wine of power and refinement

It offers mouthwatering elements of cherries and raspberries

There is a distinct sense of restraint to the moderately austere

with a real sense of translucent beauty

This balanced effort is built-to-age and will need it

(from a large 6

The 2005 Paleo Rosso needed time in bottle to allow the Cabernet Franc signatures to emerge

that’s when he’s not in Russia

Here the expressive nose blends notes of very ripe red and dark pinot fruit with discreet exotic and floral nuances

potpourri and bitters

delineated and even more mineral-suffused flavors that possess an attractive muscularity before culminating in a solidly long if arguably not quite as complex finale

Knez is a new project being headed by proprietor Peter Knez and winemaker Anthony Filiberti of Anthill Farms