2022 Domaine du Chancelier Maison du Chancelier Ladoix 1er Cru La Corvée

Domaine du Chancelier's 2022 Maison du Chancelier Ladoix 1er Cru La Corvée comes from one of Burgundy's lesser-known premier cru sites, where Pinot Noir thrives on clay-limestone soils at a density of 10,000 vines per hectare—nearly double the regional norm. The vines are trained in simple Guyot, a method that concentrates energy into fewer buds and yields smaller, more expressive clusters. This is textbook Côte de Beaune viticulture applied to a village that still offers serious terroir without the Gevrey or Vosne price tag. The estate hand-harvests and conducts strict sorting at the cellar before vinifying without added sulfur in 500-liter oak barrels, larger cooperage that allows the fruit to breathe without overwhelming it with wood. La Corvée's clay-limestone backbone gives the wine both density and lift, a combination that defines the better premier cru parcels along the slope above Ladoix-Serrigny. After fermentation, the wine spends an average of twelve months on its lees in barrel, a practice that builds texture and integrates tannin without extracting harshness. Domaine du Chancelier farms with a focus on minimal intervention, letting the vineyard speak rather than imposing cellar technique. The 2022 vintage in Burgundy brought moderate yields and good ripeness, and this bottling shows red cherry, crushed stone, and a savory thread of dried herbs. The texture is fine-grained rather than plush, with acidity that keeps the wine lifted and a finish that lingers on mineral rather than fruit. Pour it alongside roasted duck with juniper, grilled lamb chops, or a hard aged cheese like Comté. This is a wine for the table, not the trophy shelf—structured enough to cellar for five to seven years but approachable now if you decant it for an hour. Available for pickup at our Lincoln Park bottle shop at 1128 W Armitage Ave, local Chicago delivery, or nationwide shipping.