2023 Claude Dugat Lavaux Saint-Jacques, Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru, France Domaine du Bagnol Dark berries

Dark berries

Aged 4 years in hogshead cask

One of the elite 1er crus in Vosne

but to preserve equilibrium in a cuvée whose younger and less substantially sappy fruit may threaten to be overwhelmed by stem tannins

2023 Claude Dugat Lavaux Saint-Jacques, Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru, France Domaine du Bagnol Dark berriesSourced from a single parcel within the Lavaux SaintJacques Premier Cru, the largest climat in GevreyChambertin at approximately 9. 5 hectares and shared by over thirty growersLavaux is a complex mosaic of rising slopes, diverse drainage, and deep clay limestone soils sculpted by the Combe de Lavaux wind tunnel effect, creating cooler ripening conditions and firm structure. Claude Dugats 2023 bottling is hand harvested, fully destemmed, and fermented