Bernard Moreau - Chassagne-Montrachet Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2018

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Bernard Moreau Description

It’s impossible to discuss Chassagne-Montrachet without mentioning the name Bernard Moreau. Year to year, this celebrated producer vinifies and bottles some of the purest, most thought-provoking wines of the appellation. Employing a style of wine making that might best be described as hands-off, Bernard produces Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays that are sensual, opulent and utterly delicious.

A View from the Cellar: 91 Points

As I have mentioned several times in recent years the red wines of Chassagne-Montrachet are one of the few in Burgundy that seem to be benefiting (at least so far) from global warming and this is quickly becoming one of the best values for red wines to be found in the region. Alex Moreau has been one of the leaders in crafting more elegant examples of Chassagne rouge in recent years and I am going to be writing a feature on the under-respected red wines of this commune in a coming issue. Alex’s 2018 old vine Chassagne rouge is outstanding having included thirty percent whole clusters this year seeing only ten percent new oak and tipping the scales at a very civilized 13.1 percent octane. The bouquet offers up a youthful bouquet of red and black cherries bitter chocolate gamebird dark soil tones a hint of orange peel and a gentle framing of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep full-bodied and nascently complex with a good core of fruit fine-grained tannins and a long vibrant and very promising finish. This will be an excellent wine! (Drink between 2025-2055)

Wine Advocate: 91 Points

Bursting with aromas of rose petals berries spices and blood orange the 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes Rouge is medium to full-bodied charming and succulent with a perfumed core of fruit powdery tannins and a nicely defined finish. Vinfied with 30% whole cluster and finishing up at 13.1% alcohol this delicious Chassagne is one of the sleepers of the vintage.