Domaine Henri Germain Chassagne-Montrachet Rouge 2022

Germain's red Chassagne comes from a clay-rich parcel in Les Battaudes planted in 1951, just below the Abbaye de Morgeot.

Chassagne-Montrachet was historically a red-wine village before Chardonnay took over its best slopes, and a small amount of Pinot Noir is still grown on the heavier soils at the southern end of the commune. Les Battaudes sits on the Chassagne side of the Remigny border, below the Abbaye de Morgeot, on clay that gives the wine flesh. Domaine Henri Germain, based in Meursault, farms only a small plot here, and production is correspondingly limited. A modest proportion of whole bunches went into the ferment, and the wine was raised with only a dash of new oak, in line with the lighter touch the domaine has adopted for its reds. The result is ripe but fresh, and good value in the context of current Burgundy prices.

Drinkable now and good for eight years or so. Serve at 16-18°C with roast pork, duck or a mushroom tart.

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