Jean Noel Gagnard, Chassagne Montrachet Morgeot Rouge Vintage:2012 giving the wine the right

giving the wine the right amount of freshness and sweetness to make it fun to taste today

The 2012 Extra Brut Blanc de Noirs was disgorged in September 2018 with 4

Be sure to decant this for 30 minutes first as it improved noticeably with air

but one that is well-crafted

Jean Noel Gagnard, Chassagne Montrachet Morgeot Rouge Vintage:2012 giving the wine the right(from Clos Chareau and Grand Clos). A more deeply pitched and slightly riper nose features notes of red cherry, spice, freshly ground pepper and more earth influence. There is better size, weight and richness if not the same refinement to the solidly powerful, more austere and slightly rustic finale. Note that this is firm enough to repay up to a decade of keeping.