Chandon de Briailles, Corton Bressandes Grand Cru, 2005 022826OFFER Les Saint-Georges sits at the

Les Saint-Georges sits at the southern end of the appellation and has long been considered grand-cru-quality in everything but title — its bid for official promotion has been working its way through the system for roughly a decade

This Grand Cru sits inside the famous walled vineyard of the Cote de Nuits

aromatic wine full of earth-driven minerality and juicy fruit

at room temperature

yet tannins combining density and power express the Grand Cru's true character

Chandon de Briailles, Corton Bressandes Grand Cru, 2005 022826OFFER Les Saint-Georges sits at theOne of our very favorite domaines in Burgundy, at grand cru level, in a vintage that managed real ripeness and real acidity at the same time. Chandon de Briailles farms its Corton parcels organically (certified since 1998) and biodynamically, with the soil worked by Comtois draft horses, ferments whole clusters in open wooden cone vats without pumping the wine around, and ages it 15 to 18 months in the estate's Cistercian cellars, roughly 85% in used