Denis Bachelet, Cote de Nuits Villages, 2023 SPAINCOUNT0125 the savory minerality emerging

the savory minerality emerging

but the soil here is finer and more broken-up

Haut-Batailley has undergone a quiet revolution: new cellar

and dosed barely if at all

allowing the pure character of Pinot Noir and the Vertus terroir to shine through

Denis Bachelet, Cote de Nuits Villages, 2023 SPAINCOUNT0125 the savory minerality emergingDenis Bachelet's domaine runs to about four hectares, worked essentially single handed since 1983, and demand for his Gevrey bottlings long ago outstripped supply this Cote de Nuits Villages is the sane way into his cellar. The fruit comes mostly from Queue de Hareng, or "herring's tail," with the rest from Creole and La Mouille, all in Brochon at the northern end of the Cote de Nuits. It gets the house treatment: fully destemmed fruit, gentle