2022 Domaine du Chancelier Maison du Chancelier Pommard La Croix Planet VV

Domaine du Chancelier's 2022 Maison du Chancelier Pommard La Croix Planet VV is a single-village Burgundy from 50-year-old Pinot Noir vines planted at a density of 10,000 plants per hectare in the clay and limestone soils of Pommard. The "VV" stands for vieilles vignes, and the tight planting paired with simple Guyot training concentrates fruit and limits yields. This is Lincoln Park-level Côte de Beaune farming translated into a bottle that punches well above its price point. The domaine hand-harvests and selects fruit with the rigor you'd expect from a premier cru site, though La Croix Planet is a village-level parcel. Fermentation and aging take place entirely in 500-liter oak barrels with no sulfur added during the process, allowing native yeast and the underlying terroir to drive the profile. The wine rests on its lees for twelve months, building texture and integrating the fruit with the barrel influence. Clay-limestone topsoil is classic Pommard: it delivers structure and a savory mineral spine that keeps the wine from tipping into jamminess. The palate shows dark cherry, dried rose petal, and a thread of graphite that runs underneath the fruit. There's enough grip to handle duck confit or a marbled ribeye, but the tannins are fine enough that you can open it now with roasted mushrooms or a hard cheese board. The lees aging gives the mid-palate a creamy weight without sacrificing the bright red-fruit lift typical of the vintage. This is a wine that benefits from an hour in a decanter or a few years in a cool cellar if you're patient. Available for pickup at our Lincoln Park bottle shop at 1128 W Armitage Ave, local Chicago delivery, or nationwide shipping.