Noel Ramonet, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Rouge “Boudriotte”, 2010 SO022725 Skurnik Library The palate is vibrant yet

The palate is vibrant yet silky

low-intervention California wines made from grapes that fall outside the Cabernet-and-Chardonnay script - and this white from Brousseau Vineyard is a perfect example

and this bottle still has the backbone to reward more cellaring even as it enters a fine drinking window

this Grenache comes from the newly minted SLO Coast AVA

just a few miles from the Mediterranean coast

Noel Ramonet, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Rouge “Boudriotte”, 2010 SO022725 Skurnik Library The palate is vibrant yetA red from Burgundy's white wine capital, and a rare one at that. Ramonet is best known as a legendary white wine domaine, but La Boudriotte is one of the very few Chassagne 1er Crus that also grows Pinot Noir, and the family farms just over a hectare of reds total. Old vines and low yields are the house creed, and these reds get the same meticulous touch as the famous whites, raised in about a third new oak. The 2010 was a classic, structured