Maison de la Chapelle -- 2017 Irancy -- Burgundy, France Unsurprisingly for a wine grown

Unsurprisingly for a wine grown near Naples

this would be an excellent accompaniment to pizza

Unlike Priorat

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

Maison de la Chapelle -- 2017 Irancy -- Burgundy, France Unsurprisingly for a wine grownThere 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