This Premier Cru is usually a white Burgundy, but a small part of the vineyard area is planted with Pinot Noir. Quite rare. The 2009 Gagnard-Delagrange Chassagne-Montrachet had 13 % alcohol, cost under $26 on release, and scored 18 Dionysian points at just twelve years old. Black cherry, toasty oak, red-floral notes all show up front. It is still young with tannin. It filled the front-mid- and back pallet.

Served with duck breast laced with a cherry sauce and loads of garden fresh veggies. Red Burgundy was made to serve with meals.

This wine will hold at peak for another decade at least. It’s color shows no hints of aging from my dark, cold cellar that’s high in humidity. Try to put a 2015 bottle to sleep at your place and savor it n a decade. In Vino Veritas.