Consisting of a third each of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Meunier, AND twice the size of a regular bottle, we can't decide whether this is a three-in-one or a two-in-one. Or a six-in-one? Either way, let's celebrate!
Dumangin's Rosé cuvee is a blend of the three main Champagne grapes: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier. The fruit is all from estate vineyards in the Premier Cru appellation of Chigny-les-Roses just south of Reims.
A wine with its fair share of prestige, from a vineyard founded centuries ago, and enjoyed in historical courts across all of Europe. Jean-Louis Chave L'Hermitage is Rhône Syrah at its apex, regardless of vintage. That said, 2020 betters most, no small thing.
Recchione's Pinot Noirs are powerful wines from some of the rustic villages at the northern end of the Cote de Nuits. This wine, already with six years of age to it, has smoothed out some of its rough edges and now shows incredible depth and strong tannin for a special dinner.
Jeremy Recchione is a young negociant winemaker in Burgundy working with fruit from all over the region but his cellar is in Gevrey-Chambertin, the village where this wine is grown and raised. For most of his wines only a barrel or two is made every year. This Pinot Noir, from the Creux Brouillard vineyard, is deep and intoxicating with black fruit, spice, and gamey aromas.
The Maconnais is the warmest growing region in Burgundy and makes very developed fruity styles of Chardonnay. Recchione's version sees a bit of oak for texture.
The vineyard in Pouilly-Fuisse where this wine was grown has since been upgraded to Premier Cru and this wine gives insight into why. It has an amazing blend of richness and balance, with tropical fruit and flint aromas.
