2019 Charles Lachaux Vosne Romanee Les Suchots

Charles Lachaux is the eponymous label of the young man who relatively recently took over managing and winemaking at the venerable Arnaux-Lachaux (formerly known as Robert Arnaux) in the village of Vosne Romanee in Burgundy. The Lachaux wines are built around the Aligote grape from both his family’s vineyards and other small plantings in Burgundy. The wines were an immediate sensation and have, since their launch with the 2018 vintage, because extraordinarily difficult to find. The Aligote bottling, including the coveted Les Champs d’Argent, is often produced from grapes taken from very old vineyards that earlier had been sold for inclusion in mass production Burgundy. The Charles Lachaux label is giving these old Aligote plantings a new spotlight. Bid on Charles Lachaux wine online on WineBid today!

Les Suchots is a 33-acre Premier Cru in Vosne-Romanee, in Burgundy’s Cote de Nuits. The vineyard is at the same elevation as Romanee-Saint-Vivant. Its neighbors are Romanee-Saint-Vivant and Richebourg on the south and Les Echezeaux to the north.

This red wine is relatively light and can pair with a wide variety of foods. The grape prefers cooler climates and the wine is most often associated with Burgundy, Champagne and the U.S. west coast. Regional differences make it nearly as fickle as it is flexible.