A wine that I tasted blind, loved, and later bought. It was this wine that brought me to the young domaine of Alexandra de Vazeilles in Fleurie.

Now under new ownership, Bachelards became, for a short time, the pinnacle of the gamay grape, and the year I tasted their 2019s it was the greatest estate that I visited – including all the other visits in the Côte d’Or!

2014 Château des Bachelards, St.Amour
Exemplifying what DIAM can bring, 10 years in the bottle and not 1mm of colour ingress on the ‘cork.’ Also, a satisfying ‘pop’ as it exits the bottle.
What an impressively dark, young colour! The first aromas arediscrete but silky, dark fruit, even a little graphite, before hints of flowers. Fine width over the palate and an expanding flavour that is gently supported by a little creaminess. Very slowly, elegantly finishing – narrow but long – almost linear. Ageless !!
Rebuy – Yes