Maison de la Chapelle -- 2017 Irancy -- Burgundy, France with these old vines

with these old vines

Ribeira Sacra lies along the banks of the river Sil

(Don’t confuse the Montepulciano grape with the town in Tuscany that makes burly wine from the Sangiovese grape

with the fruit for this wine mainly coming from younger

Maison de la Chapelle -- 2017 Irancy -- Burgundy, France with these old vinesThere is still great value to be found in Burgundy if one explores beyond the famous villages. The village of Irancy lies 15 minutes Southwest of Chablis and is one of the most Northern regions in France to grow red grapes for still wines. Viticulture has been practiced there since the 11th century, but due to difficulties peculiar to the region's soils, its recovery from the Phylloxera infestation that wiped out the vineyards of France in the late