Ripe white fruits and spices are found in the aromatics of the 2001 Chassagne-Montrachet Champs-Gain. This lush, satin-textured wine is medium-bodied and loaded with citrus fruits as well as minerals. It reveals a somewhat compressed finish that kept its score from being higher; drink it over the next 3-4 years. The talented, young Mounir Saouma, this negociant’s founder, director, and winemaker, stated that, for the whites there may have been a little less rot but more unripe berries. Many of my colleagues were worried about volatile acidity, I wasn’t, and left the wines on their healthy lees as long as possible.” Importer: Jeffrey Davies Signature Selections, West Nyack, NY; tel. (845) 353-8767