2023 | Maison Shaps Bouzeron "Les Clous" | Burgundy | France Thessaly honeysuckle and ripe melon with

honeysuckle and ripe melon with complex finish

full-bodied palate with velvety tannins and integrated

it has an almost red wine-like sense of structure and length

A little more length and line would elevate it further

with lemon/lime

2023 | Maison Shaps Bouzeron "Les Clous" | Burgundy | France Thessaly honeysuckle and ripe melon withOld vine Aligot from Bouzeron the one Burgundy village devoted to the grape made by a Virginia to Burgundy vigneron. Maison Shaps is the Burgundy project of Michael Shaps, a Virginia native who trained in Beaune and has made wine on both sides of the Atlantic for decades. This comes from Bouzeron, the only appellation in Burgundy dedicated to Aligot here from old vines of the prized Aligot Dor clone, fermented sur lie for texture and depth. Old vine