Domaine Matrot, Blagny 1er Cru La Piece Sous le Bois, 2002 (1.5L) more spirits SKUs 14 hectares of gently sloping

14 hectares of gently sloping Bajocian chalk in Flagey-Echezeaux

Fine-grained tannins frame the wine

the largest and most red-friendly of those climats

Decant it if you can't wait

Porusot finds the middle ground: lavish without becoming soft

Domaine Matrot, Blagny 1er Cru La Piece Sous le Bois, 2002 (1.5L) more spirits SKUs 14 hectares of gently slopingBlagny is the appellation that catches people off guard: it sits up the hill between Meursault and Puligny, ringed by some of the most famous white wine vineyards on earth, and it makes nothing but red. La Pice sous le Bois is exactly what the name says the piece under the woods and Matrot's parcel sits high on the slope where the forest presses in, lending the wine a wild, dark cherry edge you won't find further down. The family has held this parcel