Burgundy Chardonnay

In this very short harvest, there's a little more oak influence to Sylvain's village Puligny (not more new wood, but more second and third use barrels that needed to be kept full!). It just makes this lovely Chardonnay... Read More

In this very short harvest, there's a little more oak influence to Sylvain's village Puligny (not more new wood, but more second and third use barrels that needed to be kept full!). It just makes this lovely Chardonnay... Read More

I believe the technical tasting note for this wine, as approved by all the most serious wine writers, is: Hubba Hubba. There’s this thing white Burgundy winemakers do where they let the wine sit in the barrel on what’s... Read More

Alain Gautheron makes traditional Chablis – meaning stony, clear, a bit salty and with the fruit in the backseat with minerality driving. His old-vines cuvee is done all in steel and even in a richer vintage, delivers the... Read More

From a tiny, half-acre, plot of Chardonnay in the Beaune 1er Reversees 1er Cru just up the hill to the west of Beaune, this is the only white wine bottled from this mainly red wine vineyard. Farming here is certified organic and... Read More

Lower ABV This is the current release of Les Lys from Defaix, and that alone should tell you that you’re in for something a little different than the “typical” Chablis. Daniel is the 14th generation of the Defaix... 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 Although a warmer site than Fourchaume, this is always a bit less dense and more steely on first taste. Witgh a little air, you can taste the site’s warm in the fruit, which moves more towards stone fruit than... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV The old vines planted by Amandine and Richard’s grandfather handled the tough 2021 season with aplomb. As usual, Montmains is the most open and generous of the Malandes 1er Crus with a touch of pear... Read More

Organic/Bio A new wine from old family vines. The vines were planted in what was thought to be Grand Cru Vaudesir in 1967 by the grandfather of current owners Amandine Marchive and Richard Rottiers and was always part of their... 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 Lower ABV Another terrific vintage for this pure, lightly steely, and terrifically drinkable village Chablis that now comes from 100% organic vineyards. Our good friends and brother/sister team Richard Rottiers and... Read More

Kermit Lyncy has always had a nose for wines that, rather than “important,” are simply delicious expressions of time, place and grape. And that’s why he brings us the Chardonnays of Henri Perrusset. It’s... Read More

As Wine Advocate wrote, The more I drink the Bachelet bothers' wines, the more I admire them... The [2018] wines have turned out beautifully: long élevage has worked its magic and the wines have picked up plenty of... Read More

Lower ABV A sophisticated and complex Chardonnay from one of the most exciting regions of the Macon. From 45 year-old vines, the concentrated fruit aged in tank for freshness and new French oak to pick up weight, spice and creamy... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Like a good Chablis, the wine is very refreshing. Sticking to its roots (literally) the vines grow on that all important Kimmeridgian marl soils of Chablis. It boasts charactes of green apple, lemon, and... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV We love a delicious and affordable Chablis, and when it is a premier cru, we are sold. Laurent and his son, Camille, have been cultivating the vineyards of Vau de Vey as a generational team. They take pride... Read More

Lower ABV As Burghound says, “If you're unfamiliar with the Thibert wines you owe it to yourself to try one of two examples as the best are excellent.” Here’s the place to start with a wine that draws on... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV If Thibert's 2020 Macon-Verze is full of boundless energy and confidence, his Pouilly-Vinzelles (from next door to Fuisse) has all the same energy but starts off a bit gawky and unsure. Give it a splash... Read More

Lower ABV More or less wrapping around Pouilly Fuisse, Saint Veran is the southernmost extension of Burgundy – any further south and you’re in Beaujolais. The mixture of southerly warmth and clay-limestone soils gives... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Morgeot’s relatively heavy, warmer, soils helped mitigate 2021’s April frost damage and then drive lovely ripening in a cool, crisp, year. This opens with very pure, lifted, scents of crisp pear,... Read More

Organic/Bio This is just textbook Morgeot, with this large vineyard's signature breadth and depth perfectly balanced by fresh acids and a persistent, building, sense of crushed stone minerality. Deep aromas of golden fruit... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Perched above the 1er Crus, this bowl-shaped sited was clobbered in the 2021 frosts. The tiny crop remaining gave beautiful Chassagne, with intense citrus and green orchard fruit, a double handful of crushed... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Perched above the 1er Crus on the Chassagne hill, this coolish, bowl-shaped, site delivers fabulous freshness in the rich and creamy 2022 vintage. Crushed limestone, pear, stone fruit, tangy butter and toasted... Read More

Perfectly blending the richness of 2022 with the mineral concentration of Chassagne through fruit grown in sites across the village. Fermented and aged in oak (around 20% new), the creaminess of texture is perfectly balanced by... Read More