2017 Chassagne Montrachet Les Baudines

(this fruit was harvested on September 8): Bright, light yellow. Crushed-stone minerality dominates the nose. Chalky more than fruity on the sappy palate, with surprising acidity lifting and extending the distinctly tactile, somewhat phenolic finish. Quite serious and backward. Leroux noted that this wine is from essentially the same planting of vines as the Embazées but from even higher on the hillside, on soil with a higher limestone content. Interestingly, the pH here is almost identical to that of the Embazées (3.39. vs. 3.41) but the acidity is much higher (4.5, vs. 3.2), which may be at least partly due to the lower crop level here. (13.3% alcohol)