Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
White Burgundy—often expensive, generally difficult-to-acquire and always precious. The 2012 Domain Laurent Cognard Montagny 1er Cru Les Bassets is a rare offering because it is fairly available and a good deal. The wine shows beautiful core fruits and hints of savory earth. Smooth on the palate, it is ready for a delectable rotisserie chicken. Drinks very well now. (Tasted: May 9, 2016, San Francisco, CA)
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.