2020 Chardonnay Wine Over $100

Chartogne-Taillet’s 2020 Blanc de Blancs Chemin de Reims disgorged in October 2024 with a dosage of 2.5 grams per liter is another success. It opens with vivid aromas of fresh apricot grapefruit zest and jasmine mingling with... Read More

Chartogne’s 2020 Blanc de Blancs Hors Série is showing superbly. It opens with a deep bouquet of orange zest ripe pear and white blossoms mingling with lemon confit. Full-bodied and concentrated the wine retains striking vitality... Read More

I was unaware until very recently that the les Chênes vineyard in Cumières is one of the most important sites historically in all of Champagne, and no less a figure than Dom Pérignon himself directed his acolytes... Read More

Derived from a southeast-facing site of old massal selection planted in 1967 the 2020 Blanc de Blancs Oger Le Grand Jardin is one of the most dramatic wines in the range. Quentin Vincey told me that the clay component here is... Read More