DOMAINE MICHEL NIELLON CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET 1ER CRU 'LES CHAMPGAINS' 2022 Red Mountain With a rich copper color

With a rich copper color giving way to alluring auburn hues

The limited-edition bottling represents Georgia's 8

but a decade in new charred oak with zero chill filtration and no blending across barrels is a narrower category — and Buckner's 10 Year sits squarely in it

crafted from both old and new vineyards on the Simonsberg slopes

Desiderio 'Jeio' Bisol spent years identifying the steepest

DOMAINE MICHEL NIELLON CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET 1ER CRU 'LES CHAMPGAINS' 2022 Red Mountain With a rich copper colorLes Champgains is one of Chassagne Montrachet's quieter premier cru climats less celebrated than Morgeot or Caillerets, yet Michel Niellon's track record here rivals anything from the appellation's marquee sites. Farmed under lutte raisonne by three generations of the Niellon family, the vineyard sits on the hallmark limestone soils of Chassagne's white wine flank on the Ctes de Beaune. Fermented in stainless steel, the 2022 then ages in small oak