Charles Lachaux is pictured collecting his Golden Vines Award last month, having been voted World’s Best Rising Star. His recent, well-attended tasting in Vosne-Romanée is described below. See our guide to coverage of 2019 burgundy.
Burgundy is currently full of visitors tasting the 2020s, still in barrel, still finding their route to final definition. Some winemakers eschew barrel tastings, preferring to show a fuller, more clearly etched rendition of a vintage out of bottle. Laurent Ponsot is one; I’ll be tasting his 2019s any minute. Charles Lachaux of Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux, pictured above, is another. He offered up a broad tasting of...