Winemaker Notes
Bright, pale gold. The nose is bursting with notes of fresh fruit, white peach, and citrus with a delicate touch of fresh hazelnut. The palate is lively, full, and balanced. Long and refreshing, this is a superb Burgundy.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2020 Philippe le Hardi Bourgogne Clos de la Chaise Monopole Blanc is excellent, well-balanced, and long. TASTING NOTES: This wine shines with aromas and flavors of bright apples and savory spices. Enjoy it with seafood Pho. (Tasted: February 23, 2023, San Francisco, CA)
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James Suckling
Some nougat and yogurt aromas to the apricot fruit. It's creamy, medium-bodied and gently nutty on the palate, with bright acidity. Flinty at the end.
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.
A classic source of exceptional Chardonnay as well as Pinot Noir, the Côte de Beaune makes up the southern half of the Côte d’Or. Its principal wine-producing villages are Pernand-Vergelesses, Aloxe-Corton, Beaune, Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet.
The area is named for its own important town of Beaune, which is essentially the center of the Burgundy wine business and where many negociants center their work. Hospices de Beaune, the annual wine auction, is based here as well.