Paul Pillot, Chassagne Montrachet Rouge

Paul Pillot, Chassagne Montrachet RougeHere too the expressive nose is ripe, fresh and layered with its pepper inflected aromas of red and dark raspberry, wild cherry and more prominent earth nuances. There is even better vibrancy to the nicely detailed and equally attractively textured medium weight flavors that also display a touch of grippiness on the bitter pit fruit suffused finish. Like the Santenay, the tannins are clearly ripe so I would expect that grippy quality to dissipate as

This lovely effort is like rolling small stones around in the mouth and a wine that should age gracefully over the mid-term

though still quite subtle

Theres fennel and licorice

but it should still improve and will steadily get better

The acidity is there to enable this to round into form

cast amid fine

and she had returned to full-time work at her family’s estate in 2013

The lilting and lacy medium weight flavors possess a refined mouth feel on the mineral-driven flavors that are almost delicate while terminating in a restrained and lingering finish

I like the seductive texture of the satiny flavors that contrast somewhat with the firm and mildly robust but not really rustic finish

figure this has at least a dozen years of fascinating cellar development ahead of it – which is

There is fine richness to the sleek and concentrated medium weight plus flavors that exude a more subtle bead of minerality on the muscular and youthfully austere finish where a touch of bitter cherry arises

intense and quite sleek large-scaled flavors that deliver first-rate persistence on the backward and youthfully austere finish