L'Arlot’s wines tend towards an inviting style: bright red fruit shaped by bracing minerality. Ageable to be sure, but enjoyable at a young age as well. The 2022 Clos du Chapeau sees 30% new French oak to help shape a wine that is defined by its opulent fruit and profuse floral tones. It is a wine that appeals both to diehard Francophiles and lovers of Coastal California’s renditions of Pinot Noir. A stunning value from one of the marquée houses of Nuit-Saint-Georges.