Jean Noel Gagnard, Chassagne Montrachet Petits Clos Vintage:2017 Bitter chocolate

Bitter chocolate

(Originally published in May 2021)

displaying intense dark berry and floral scents complicated by suggestions of olive

mature flavors and tannins that balance rather than overwhelm the wine

The Riserva spent 42 months in Slavonian and Austrian oak casks

Jean Noel Gagnard, Chassagne Montrachet Petits Clos Vintage:2017 Bitter chocolateOnce again there is a vague mintiness to the otherwise cool and elegant aromas of mostly floral and citrus wisps. The finer but markedly less powerful medium weight flavors possess a succulent mid palate yet no lack of detail on the nicely dry and persistent but not really austere finale. This is really quite pretty and a wine that should reward up to a decade of cellaring.