1966 | Alexis Lichine | Groffinet Chassagne Montrachet Rouge (Half Bottle)

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Red Wine: 1966 | Alexis Lichine | Groffinet Chassagne Montrachet Rouge (Half Bottle)

This is a very rare half-bottle of 1966 Chassagne-Montrachet released by Alexis Lichine & Co., the wine ngociant business named after its founder.1966 was a very good vintage for red Burgundy, the Groffinet Chassagne Montrachet Rouge is balanced and consistent.

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Producer: Alexis Lichine

Vintage: 1966

Size: 375ml

ABV: 12.6%

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

This is a very rare half-bottle of 1966 Chassagne-Montrachet released by Alexis Lichine & Co., the wine ngociant business named after its founder.1966 was a very good vintage for red Burgundy, the Groffinet Chassagne Montrachet Rouge is balanced and consistent.

Producer Information

Alexis Lichine is standing surrounded by the greatest Bordeaux wine merchants and winemakers, focussed on the glass in his hand. The test is to guess the estate and the year of the precious liquid. A challenge that even the greatest connoisseurs fear. Alexis Lichine concentrates and by its colour identifies it as an old wine. The bouquet, subtle with fragrances of forest undergrowth, fruits and cedar wood, very probably indicates a Mdoc. Alexis Lichine brings the glass to his lips and immediately thinks of a Saint-Estphe, with its characteristic fullness. The vine reveals no tannins, as these have disappeared over time, indicating a pre-war wine. The flavour, full and deep, reminds him of the year 1929. Only three chateaux in Saint-Estphe are capable of producing a wine of such calibre, and only the Cos dEstournel has this chocolaty taste and depth.