Domaine de L'Arlot Cote de Nuits-Villages Clos du Chapeau 2022

This wine comes from another monopole, a single 1.6-hectare site in Comblanchien called Clos du Chapeau. Along with the village of Corgoloin, this southern part of the Côte de Nuits is on the rise, thanks to growers like Camille Thiriet, the soon-to-retire Didier Fornerol and the upcoming changes to the Côte de Nuits-Villages appellation laws. So, although this wine has typically flown under the radar, smart buyers are now snapping it up. Clos du Chapeau is a hat-shaped plot (hence the name) where the soil has plenty of limestone gravel eroded from the hills above. The vines were planted between 1987 and 1991. As always, this is a great-value wine full of floral, bright, sweet, juicy fruit. In fact, in the context of today’s Burgundy pricing, the word “value” does not do this wine justice. I probably shouldn’t write this, but I have little doubt that if this carried a more famous appellation on the label, it would certainly receive higher scores! Those looking for quality Burgundy at more-than-fair pricing should not hesitate.