2023 French Chardonnay

Smells great, tastes even better, crazy good price for high quality white Burgundy. That’s really what you need to know here, but we’ll try to give you a little more. It’s from vineyards on the Puligny border... Read More

I certainly didn’t expect to write this, but Sylvain Bzikot’s 2023 village Puligny Montrachet is even better than his outstanding 2022 edition. It’s from several plots of vines above the village of Puligny including... Read More

Organic/Bio The vineyard’s very steep slope and poor soils want to give highly mineral and structured Chablis, while the root virus that impacts all plantings here naturally suppresses yields and gives deep concentration.... Read More

Organic/Bio The clonally diverse very old vines here are the pride of the estate and are providing cuttings for replanting other vineyards over the next decade or so. You can pretty much smell the vine age here in a nose that’s... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV From the steep slopes of the wandering valley known as Vau de Vey. A wine of fine richness and volume with plenty of stony Chablis minerality and precision. It's delicious right now (although give it... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Not much to add to JancisRobinson.com's glowing 17.5/20 point rave: Certified organic. Fermented in barrel using their proprietary yeast made from their own vineyard. Full natural malo. The wine spends... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Malandes has two small plots of vines here, one facing south and planted in 1967 and the other more north and planted in 1987. The oak program at Malandes has been evolving looking to maximize the positive... Read More

Organic/Bio From 70+ year-old vines growing next to the Grand Cru of Valmur, this is always a terrific Chablis value. In 2023, it opens with petty aromatics of green and yellow apple, Anjou pear and crushed seashells. Classic... Read More

Organic/Bio An astonishingly good Burgundy Chardonnay from organic growers working in the beautiful “Le Paradis” 1er cru site in Givry. Bold aromas of sliced pear, white peach, lemon and white flowers pull you into... Read More

Lower ABV Not sure why this is labeled “Bourgogne,” but it’s all Macon fruit and showcases the richness of southern Burgundy Chardonnay balanced by some shaping time in large, older, oak casks. The texture is... Read More

Normally you see a nicely priced Chardonnay from the South of France and can safely assume it was done in tank to emphasize the ripe pineapple, pear and apple fruit. Here there was so much fruit – really, gobs of it –... Read More

This just really good Chardonnay and should not be missed. Even though, if you know a bit about Burgundy, you’d be surprised to see “Chorey” and “Blanc” on the same label. Chorey-les-Beaune has always... Read More