2023 Chardonnay

This is very compressed and vertical with deep mineral notes from the high quality of the single vineyard. The finish goes on for minutes. Compressed and precise with structure and sophistication yet there’s attractiveness now... Read More

Clos Rochette is a Faiveley Monopole of 5+ ha. Mid lemon and lime. The sulphur recently added as it has just been prepared for bottling knocks it back but the excellence of the wine is still clear with a lime and grapefruit note... Read More

The 2023 Chardonnay Estate is laced with hints of tangerine oil chamomile citrus confit and white truffle. Like so many wines in this vintage the Chardonnay is delicate and gracious. The 2023 is more understated than in some recent... Read More

Pale lemon and lime. The bouquet is clearly riper here yet the slight honeysuckle aromatics are underlaid by a more classical stony profile. White fruit through the middle and then terrific grip to finish. This is more backward... Read More

An attractive pale lemon colour. The nose shows a little extra fruit ripeness. Perfumed and attractive this has a more generous ripeness to the fruit with an even-handed white fruit matched by adequate acidity. By Jasper Morris... Read More

Fresh mid lemon. There is a broader appeal to the white fruit here. Classical tension nonetheless a little less tightly wound than Caillerets but broader based as one would expect for this vineyard adjacent to Bâtard-Montrachet.... Read More

The 2023 Chassagne-Montrachet Hereditas has a floral bouquet with orchard fruit (apricot blossom) and a touch of melted candle wax. Fine delineation. The palate is fresh and vibrant very impressive in terms of weight with a peachy... Read More

Attractive lemon yellow tints to the colour. The bouquet is refined yet discreet perhaps a fennel note with the fresh fruit. This is very satisfying in the mouth the perfect balance of ripe grapes with lively acidity a very pleasing... Read More

An even light lemon colour. The limestone shows up well on the nose without excess sun no roasted stones aspect. Beautifully juicy on the palate with a lift in every sip optimum ripeness the first wine picked and got just exactly... Read More

The 2023 Hunting Hill Chardonnay is the most concentrated of the collection so far with the Ray's Road wine still to be tasted. This vineyard is very close to the Maté's vineyard up on the slope overlooking the other.... Read More

The 2023 Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay is complete; all flavor points and spice characteristics are present and accounted for albeit restrained and even a little muted. The low-lying Maté's vineyard received plenty of rain... Read More

From foudre. This one had finished fermenting. Mid lemon yellow a mix of apples and pears on the nose. More generous than usual but still with its more typical white fruit with some minerals. Fine length.

The Uchizy has fallen clear with a lemon and lime colour. Pure clear and chiselled less evidently 2023 a little reduction then the muscatty component arrives behind. Long refined and not too fleshy.

A similar colour with a green streak and quite a steely nose. Here the weight of the fruit sits at the back of the palate ripe citrus notes otherwise white fruit plenty of energy not too much sucrosity relatively classic.... Read More

I tasted the 2023 Chardonnay Belle Côte from tank just before it was bottled. From vines planted in 1990 it’s open and expressive its peach and guava aromas complemented by nuances of elderflower graham cracker and crème brûlée.... Read More

I tasted the 2023 Chardonnay La Carrière from tank just before it was bottled. It has inviting aromas of guava peach panna cotta well-integrated new oak spices and top notes of Meyer lemon. The palate is satiny and mouth coating... Read More