Winemaker Notes
Light, bright yellow. On the nose, a fine scent of brioche, physalis, firewood and
Pear compote. Soft, elegant on the palate with pleasant herbal notes. A wine with very good aging potential and long-lasting reverberation.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Here’s a chardonnay that packs in plenty of dried cloves and nutmeg, but complements these spicy notes with bright lemon curd and colorful pineapple. Racy and elegant with cut-throat acidity, but a great deal of buttery and creamy notes to match. Full-bodied and quite long on the finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
Smoky tones of struck flint and toast linger from nose to finish in this gorgeously steely Chardonnay. Moderately full-bodied yet piercing and focused, it's marked by zesty flavors of green apple and lemon etched by streaks of lime and chalk. Tasted in late 2020, it's a bit nervous in youth but should be at peak from 2023–2030 and hold longer still.
Cellar Selection
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.
This sunny and relatively dry region served for many years as a German tourist mecca and was associated with low cost, cheerful wines. But since the 1980s, it has gained a reputation as one of Germany’s more innovative regions, which has led to increased international demand.