Winemaker Notes
Serve with fish and shellfish.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2022 Ladoix Le Clou d'Orge (Domaine Gagey) is excellent, opening in the glass with aromas of pear, green apple and citrus zest framed by notions of nutty reduction and wet stones. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and racy, with tangy acids and a chalky finish, this is one of the insider's choice bottlings in the Jadot range.
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.
Another charming village of the Côte de Beaune district of Burgundy’s Côte d’Or, Ladoix-Serrigny produces mainly Premier Cru Pinot Noir, but also some Chardonnay. Interestingly, some of the villages’ Premiers Crus vineyards overlap with nearby Aloxe-Corton.