DOMAINE MICHEL NIELLON CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET 1ER CRU 'LES CHAMPGAINS' 2022 Red Mountain Sustainably cultivated at elevations ranging

Sustainably cultivated at elevations ranging from 250 to 600 meters on steep slopes

With a rich copper color giving way to alluring auburn hues

built in 2000 at Balhannah

distributing 125

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

DOMAINE MICHEL NIELLON CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET 1ER CRU 'LES CHAMPGAINS' 2022 Red Mountain Sustainably cultivated at elevations rangingLes 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