Domaine Fontaine Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers 2024 Semillon Cahors is the historic home

Cahors is the historic home of Malbec

This is the wine locals drink with lunch

Haut-Batailley is a Fifth Growth in the 1855 Médoc classification

Tucked against the Austrian border in the country's far north

and treats that extremity as the point rather than a problem to work around

Domaine Fontaine Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers 2024 Semillon Cahors is the historic homeThe Land Les Vergers, "the orchards" in French, sits in the northern part of Chassagne Montrachet's premier cru belt, where the soils are limestone dominant and the wines tend toward a purer, more mineral driven expression than the clay influenced crus to the south. The slope channels good drainage and consistent sun exposure, and the limestone content is high enough to give the wines the taut, nervy character that Polaner Selections has long cited as