Domaine Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets 2021 052626OFFER opening with pear and plum

opening with pear and plum alongside green foliage

polish and the kind of maturity that's hard to find

stony parcel of clay-rich Bokkeveld shale

or on a picnic blanket in the park

Domaine Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets 2021 052626OFFER opening with pear and plumLes Caillerets takes its name from the stones. It is the caillou strewn midslope running toward the Puligny border, and it gives Chassagne its most Puligny like wine: less breadth, more line. This is one of the bottles people reach for when they want to argue that Ramonet is the best address in the village, and the argument holds up. 2021 was brutal on growers frost, cold, minuscule yields but it handed back a style of white Burgundy that had gone