Belland Chassagne 1er rouge Pitois 2022

“Beautiful and bountiful,” writes Jasper Morris of the 2022 red Burgundies; “very good wines and plenty of them.”  William Kelley calls them “succulent, suave and charming”, “offering excellence in both colors and in a wide variety of styles.”  Roger Belland’s reds are entirely classic, with ripe modern fruit but traditional, low-alcohol textures.

The Chassagne 1er cru Clos Pitois is the family’s monopole vineyard. The red delivers a dense, tightly packed structure and exceedingly fine grained, very ripe tannins.  Its dark, beautifully ripe fruit unfolds slowly in the glass, hinting at fine things to come as the wine evolves. We expect this wine to age beautifully, hitting its stride in four or five years