Winemaker Notes
Very spicy on the nose and also on the palate. Creamy vanilla bean flavors, round and silky in texture with lovely side acids and juicy fruit. a beautiful balance of tropical pineapple and citrus with lingering acidity.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
A rich, almost lush style, boasting peach, pineapple and lemon tart flavors accented by baking spice notes. This white is more exuberant on the attack than the finish, with a succulent feel.
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Jasper Morris
A light green touch. The bouquet has character, verbena with a saline note, pure white fruit on the palate, with definitely the little saline touch though the fruit is ripe.
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.
One of the top appellations for white Burgundy from the Cote Chalonnaise, Montagny is comprised of large number of Premiers Crus vineyards. Its wines (made of Chardonnay) tend to have a finesse and body not found elsewhere in the Cote Chalonnaise.