The 2023 Chassagne-Montrachet “Vieilles Vignes” from Domaine Vincent and François Jouard is a lovely bottle, made from vines approaching fifty years of age. The wine is raised in twenty-five percent new oak and delivers a fine aromatic constellation of apple, peach, chalky soil tones, almond, white lilies and a gentle framing of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied, focused and complex, with a lovely core of succulent fruit, fine soil undertow, zesty acids and a long, elegant and impeccably balanced finish. This is a fine bottle of Chassagne villages that is drinking beautifully right out of the blocks. It tips the scales this year at an even thirteen percent octane. Fine juice. (Drink between 2025-2045)