2016 Domaine Follin-Arbelet Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru Les Vercots

Les Vercots in Aloxe is the bass counterpoint to the violin of Longeroies above. Franck Follin’s long, patient, traditional processes in his cellar—fermenting and aging in older wood, racking by gravity, unfiltered bottling late in the season—accentuate this wine’s natural tendencies to be deep, chewy, and broad-shouldered. Vercots is a wine that you can begin enjoying at age three and hold for up to fifteen years. I’m thinking a robust roast with bay leaf and juniper.