Winemaker Notes
Ideal with pike terrine, crayfish gratin, frog legs with parsley.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Impressive for its racy profile and complexity, this white reveals peach, apple, lemon and toasty oak aromas and flavors. Hints of butter and butterscotch lend charm and depth, while the finish echoes the spice elements.
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Jasper Morris
Bottled in August. It comes from Bonneveaux plus the sector overlooking Montagny itself. Pale lemon colour. Another wine where the bouquet is not yet expressive, but the fruit comes across really well on the palate, with a clean pure limestone feel at the finish. A light citrus note and excellent persistence.
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.