Ruchottes Chambertin Grand Cru 2022The 2022 pours a luminous medium ruby with garnet highlights, translucent and radiant, reflecting Pacalets emphasis on purity and terroir expression. The nose opens on a striking mineral foundation of crushed stone, chalk, and iron, before unfolding into dark cherry, wild raspberry, and blood orange. Floral tones of violet, dried rose, and wild iris rise above the fruit, followed by a deeply savoury layer of truffle, forest floor, cured meat, and

exalted grand cru while showcasing both Pacalet's naturalist philosophy and the precision of the vintage

Opening with a soft touch

Merlot 30%

Deep garnet in color and made of 54% Cabernet Franc and 46% Merlot

There is plenty of clean and crisp blackberry and raspberry fruit here

The 2023 pours a medium ruby

slowly unfurling to reveal a core of crushed blackcurrants

the 2012 Petrus demonstrated a forward

The fleshy

combining the darker tones of Gevrey with the clarity of Chambolle

and blackcurrant

It is a legend in the making and can actually be drunk now