Domaine Bachey-Legros Santenay "Clos des Hâtes" Vieilles Vignes 2020

Description

Domaine Bachey-Legros Santenay “Clos des Hâtes” Vieilles Vignes 2020 is a lovely, classic Burgundian Pinot Noir. The 2020 vintage was rather warm so picking came early and yields were low concentrating the fruit flavours which include red cherries, blackcurrants and raspberries dominating the nose. There’s a hint of that familiar earthy aroma found in developing top class Burgundies.  On the palate black fruits make way to sweet, ripe, red fruits on a lovely long finish; the texture is sublime, very smooth, the wine medium-bodied, the acidity still relatively crisp despite the hot vintage and as always it will soften as the wine develops. This wine drinks very well now but the smoky tannins, acidity and rich fruits indicate that it will develop further in the bottle.

Six generations of the Bachey-Legros family have worked on this small domaine, the character of the wines coming from the old vines – the vines in the walled Clos des Hâtes vineyard, surrounded by Santenay Premier Cru sites, were planted in 1935.  The low-yielding vines and terroir translate into very concentrated grapes.