Domaine Ramonet Bourgogne Passetoutgrains 2021 CS20230828 past the point where most

past the point where most wine maps give up

Cabernet Franc has quietly become one of Washington's most compelling varieties

and stony minerality

the soil turns stony and the wines come out cooler and more aromatic than their famous neighbors below

The cider is completely dry and remains undisgorged

Domaine Ramonet Bourgogne Passetoutgrains 2021 CS20230828 past the point where mostPassetoutgrains is Burgundy's old workaday red Pinot Noir and Gamay together in the same vat, historically the wine growers kept for themselves rather than sold. Almost nobody at Ramonet's level bothers with it anymore, which is precisely what makes this bottle fun: one of Chassagne Montrachet's most storied families, the house Pierre Ramonet built from nothing starting in the 1920s, making the least grand wine in the Burgundian rulebook. It isn't