French White Wine

Cask sample. Spicy oak on the nose creamy texture around sour-citrus freshness. Much the best of the Alain Chavy wines tasted today in terms of balancing fruit and acidity. Dry insistent tension on the finish. (JH) (Drink between... Read More

The 2021 Puligny-Montrachet Les Quatre Climats is a multi-climat blend mandated due to the frost. It has a well-defined quite minerally nose focused and gaining complexity with aeration. The palate is well balanced with a brisk... Read More

The 2023 Pinot Gris Wibtal Sommerberg Grand Cru was picked at 400 meters of elevation facing south-southeast. The gentlest reduction adds a delicious smoky tinge to the nose with pear and citrus tones in equal measure. The palate... Read More

The 2018 Riesling Grand Cru Brand Kirchberg is deep intense and pure on the rich but elegant nose. Lush and refined on the palate this is a round and lush but also salty piquant and finely tannic Riesling with a long and intense... Read More

From vines planted in 1947 facing east and in very poor soil the 2019 Riesling Grand Cru Brand Kirchberg is pure but intense and concentrated on the dense and aromatic nose that also reveals saline notes of crushed stones. On... Read More

The 2023 Riesling Eckberg Sommerberg Grand Cru is from an elevated parcel with almost no topsoil reaching up to 400 meters in elevation. The nose here is more subdued suggesting dried ripe citrus and stone fruit juiciness. This... Read More

The 2023 Riesling Vanne Sommerberg Grand Cru is from very old vines. One parcel is now over 100 years old and the other is exactly 70 years old. Boxler emphasizes that this really is only from the old vines themselves—any re-planted... Read More

Smoke and petrol nuances add breadth to the aromas of rosemary oil pear and soil tones. There is impressive volume to the dense and seductively textured medium weight flavors thanks to the abundant amount of dry extract that imparts... Read More

Noticeably cooler aromas freely reveal their combination of hazelnut Granny Smith apple carnation and zest scents. The super-sleek well-detailed and mineral-inflected medium-bodied flavors possess a sophisticated mouthfeel while... Read More

The 2019 Bourgogne Aligoté is performing especially well delivering aromas of waxy pear toasted nuts and citrus oil followed by a medium to full-bodied concentrated and lively palate that concludes with chalky grip. Readers might... Read More

? Outstanding Note: from a roughly .21 ha parcel of which 2022 is the first vintage; unfortunately 2022 will be the only vintage for several years as Jobard explained that the vines were in sufficiently poor shape that he chose... Read More

? Sweet spot Outstanding Note: from a parcel measuring .78 ha that is on the Genevrières side Producer note: Antoine Jobard noted that the 2022 growing season was hot dry and largely clement and without undue disease... Read More

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Note: this wine has changed its composition substantially as it now includes vineyards that were previously bottled separately in particular En la Barre Clos le Meix Tavaux and Tillets; the blend is now from... Read More

? Outstanding Note: from La Pièce Sous le Bois Producer note: Antoine Jobard noted that the 2022 growing season was hot dry and largely clement and without undue disease pressure so compared to 2021 for example we... Read More

A broad-ranging nose reluctantly offers up its aromas of spice mineral reduction green apple and citrus rind. There is both excellent volume and punch to the larger-bodied and more powerful flavors that possess a caressing mid-palate... Read More

A wonderfully fresh nose is comprised by notes of honeysuckle citrus confit acacia blossom and pretty spice wisps. There is both excellent volume and a sophisticated texture to the beguiling and caressing medium-bodied flavors... Read More