2022 Chardonnay Over $100

With the same Eola-Amity Hills sourcing as the Richard Hermann bottling the Freya Hermann Cuvée spends additional time in elévage spending two full years in barrel. Reductive yet unctuous with a stunning texture owing to the... Read More

The 2022 Chardonnay Kathryn Hermann Cuvée is fantastically spicy offering layers of peach graham cracker matchstick and coriander seed on the nose. The medium-bodied palate has a luxuriously silky texture and highly concentrated... Read More

The 00 Chardonnay is made with a heavy pressing and allowed to oxidise before fermentation an old Burgundian method from the last century referred to as Black Chardonnay. The wines then sit with the heavy lees in the barrel with... Read More

The 2022 Chardonnay Seven Springs is dynamic and expressive! White peach lemongrass and panna cotta are underpinned by wafts of flint allspice honey and almonds on the nose and as it opens in the glass it reveals soaring floral... Read More

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

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

? 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

Mid lemon yellow with some warmth to the nose. On the palate there is a delicious depth of q

Ripe and vaguely exotic aromas of white peach acacia blossom and citrus confit are trimmed in soft wood. The rich suave and generously proportioned medium-bodied flavors display good if not special depth and persistence on the... Read More

This is always aromatic exotic and idiosyncratic with its enchanting aromas of green fruit green curry citrus ash green passion fruit and spearmint. Almost full-bodied on the palate with lots of mineral tension. Bright acidity... Read More

This is always minerally and incisive and very different from White Bones. This is more classic chardonnay with lots of freshly squeezed lemons wet stone flint and seashells. Brisk acidity on a medium- to full-bodied palate. Tense... Read More

A phenolic character (think olive oil nuances) is present on the ripe white orchard fruit and floral aromas that are trimmed in just enough wood to bother mentioning. There is excellent volume to the caressing but punchy medium-bodied... Read More