2017 Côte de Nuits-Villages

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Côtes De Nuits Villages

Burgundy

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2020 - 2030

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I think of Domaine Denis Bachelet as a perfectly formed producer. They offer a small and tidy number of crus – just five, excluding a Bourgogne Aligoté. Every cru is uniformly excellent. There is but a solitary Grand Cru to satisfy those for whom the label is important, and yet Bachelet’s Côtes de Nuits-Villages can be riveting and can age beautifully. Bachelet himself has always been a softly spoken, erudite and extremely affable fellow. Perhaps the only thing I would change is the market prices. Long gone are the days when I would regularly buy a couple of bottles of Charmes-Chambertin. But I can understand the demand given the quality.

“I started picking on September 9 or 10,” Bachelet told me in his small barrel cellar, which thankfully is less empty than in recent years. “I picked over six days, and it was straightforward - certainly less complicated than in 2018. I think the 2017s approach 2014 in terms of style.”

There’s not much to say except that Bachelet’s quintet of reds are just wonderful. Don’t obsess too much over the Charmes-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes. Even though it is utterly sublime, the eight barrels to satiate the world will doubtless make it difficult to obtain a bottle (though there is no harm in trying!) Rest assured that the Côtes de Nuits-Villages is just brilliant and both Gevrey-Chambertins, Corbeaux and Evocelles, rank among the best you will find. That is what I have come to expect from this address – no more, no less.