Bachelder Willms Gamay Noir 2021

One of our two "Line Two Wines" along with Bator, Willms is similar but different. With red and black, dark, beguiling, berried fruit and impressive weight, class, poise, and a clean, slatey finish. Is this, perhaps, the "terroir of the vintage"? Planted in 1983, we have learned that we simply cannot push these older Gamay Noir vines to give something they can no longer give. Young, they gave a deep, dark, concentrated, more tannic wine. Now, we make sure to never over-extract, we just let it be! Many find Willms absolutely thrilling, compelling! Why? The purity of the flavours, fine and silky? The old vines from 1983? The painstaking selection of only the best, most harmonious fûts for the Cru? Yes, to all! It will likely be at its best from 2024 - 2027.