Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Decanter
This brilliant white is made with grapes from 13 parcels spread across Meursault from north to south. Very lightly wooded, this is all about leesy, smoky, struck-match complexity with undertones of aniseed and vanilla spice.
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James Suckling
The nose of fresh almonds with a touch of green apple freshness leads into the quite full-bodied and very creamy palate. After a little aeration notes of candied lemon and flint emerge. Quite robust tannins and lively acidity give drive at the crisp finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink now.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
A classic source of exceptional Chardonnay as well as Pinot Noir, the Côte de Beaune makes up the southern half of the Côte d’Or. Its principal wine-producing villages are Pernand-Vergelesses, Aloxe-Corton, Beaune, Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet.
The area is named for its own important town of Beaune, which is essentially the center of the Burgundy wine business and where many negociants center their work. Hospices de Beaune, the annual wine auction, is based here as well.