Rollin, Pernand-Vergelesses Rouge 1er Cru Les Vergelesses, 2016 21225BORCHAMP Decant generously if drinking young

Decant generously if drinking young

east-facing slopes on the Mayacamas side of the valley

and it remains one of California's great historic single-vineyard sites

and Danie de Wet has been making the case for decades

Rollin, Pernand-Vergelesses Rouge 1er Cru Les Vergelesses, 2016 21225BORCHAMP Decant generously if drinking youngTen years on, this is Pernand Vergelesses doing what Pernand does best: slow, unhurried ripening on slopes tucked into nooks off the Cote d'Or's famous east facing line, and none of the heaviness that creeps into warmer sites. Les Vergelesses is the southernmost of Domaine Rollin's premier crus, planted to vines well past fifty years old, and it has always been the gentlest and most supple of their reds Les Fichots, immediately to the north on clay