Winemaker Notes
The Montagny "Les Buys" 2018 shows a pale yellow color with green highlights. The nose reveals aromas of white peach and brioche. A full-bodied wine with a nice minerality on the finish.
Pair with asparagus, rabbit galantine, trout with almonds, or sheep's cheese.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2018 Louis Latour Montagny Les Buys is fresh, attractive, and long. TASTING NOTES: This wine shines with aromas and flavors of green apple and mineral notes. Try it with linguine and clams in a white wine reduction sauce. (Tasted: July 1, 2021, San Rafael, 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.