Domaine Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet Rouge 2021 Wine Seminar A boldly bitter Italian aperitivo

A boldly bitter Italian aperitivo from one of Italy's oldest distilleries

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and that grape lends the blend its easy generosity while the Chardonnay keeps things taut

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Fermented in glass-lined cement and aged 12 months in large Slavonian oak—the same extended maceration as their Brunello—this wine opens with herbal aromatics that blow off to reveal woodland berries

Domaine Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet Rouge 2021 Wine Seminar A boldly bitter Italian aperitivoEveryone knows Chassagne for white. Almost nobody remembers that the village was mostly Pinot Noir until white Burgundy prices made the math irresistible. Ramonet kept the reds, and in 2021 a cold, frost battered year that gutted yields across the Cote those reds came out lean, aromatic and old fashioned in the best possible sense. This is a village wine, not a monument: light bodied, savory, more about lift and detail than power. It is also a