How the son of a factory worker built a from-scratch domaine which became the largest contributor to the rise of an entire appellation requires book rather than evening offer length, so right to the wines.
As you likely know ‘Chaillot’ tends to come forward sooner than its broodier ‘Reynard’ sibling, an awareness deepened by recent experience (apparently, both Northern Rhône and Syrah BYO themes include a 100% likelihood someone will bring Allemand).
The 2011, tasted most recently, displays spectacular mid-palate intensity - one is tempted to say ‘for the vintage’ though here qualifying is unnecessary. A bottle of 2015 last November took its sweet time opening up, in fact to the point it was more-or-less abandoned. A few of us were very, very lucky to discover its decanter around midnight.
Cheers,
Jason
