Rich & Buttery Whites
If you enjoy some oak influence in your white wine, then the wines below are where you should be looking. For traditionalists, our selections from Meursault, Chassagne Montrachet, Saint Aubin and Pouilly Fuissé will quickly prove why Burgundy is the spiritual home of great Chardonnay, but there are also some more exotic options available.
Leithakalk from Kollwentz, for example, arguably Austria's most celebrated producer of the grape, will give Chablis a run for its money, Mainqué, made by Jean Marc Roulot but in Patagonia, is the finest Burgundian know-how applied to a fascinating terroir, and Gran Autocton, made from the more exotic Xarel Lo and Malvasia de Sitges, shows how you don't always need Chardonnay to produce these exciting flavours.
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2022 GRENACHE BLANC-VIOGNIER Champs des Lys Domaine La Croix Belle
Côtes de Thongue Languedoc-Roussillon France 13% White
Viognier, Grenache Blanc.
Gorgeously flavoursome with notes of apricot, quince, citrus pith and wild flowers. Mouth-filling but with nice poise and a textured feel, this is a cracking food wine, the depth of stone fruit, piled on top of wild herb...(read more)
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2020 GRAN AUTÒCTON BLANC Autòcton Celler
Catalunya Spain 12.5% White
Xarel lo, Malvasia de Sitges.
The top white here is from 50-90 year old vines vineyards, 90% Xarel-lo, 10% Malvasia de Sitges, fermented and aged for 10 months in 300 litre French oak barrels and a small number of amphoras, with weekly batonnage. The...(read more)
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2022 LEITHAKALK Chardonnay Weingut Kollwentz
Burgenland Austria 13.5% White
Chardonnay.
The 2022 Chardonnay Leithakalk was harvested in the Tatschler, Gloria, Neusatz and Tatterstein vineyards and fermented and aged on gross lees for half a year in large barrel. The nose has the full fruit of yellow plum, r...(read more)
Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous.com
2021 DAMASCENE Chenin Blanc Swartland
South Africa 13% White
Chenin Blanc.
Instantly impressive with notes of sautéed almonds, white peaches and hints of lees, the 2021 Swartland Chenin Blanc, made with natural ambient yeast, shows immense complexity on the nose with aromas of lemon past...(read more)
Anthony Mueller, The Wine Advocate
2021 POUILLY FUISSÉ Vieilles Vignes En Buland Domaine Barraud
Mâconnais Burgundy France 13.5% White
Chardonnay.
Only the second wine where oak is hinted at. Deep green gold. Big and bold and seems to be all here but absolutely not in place - it's bound to be as good as ever.
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2021 MAINQUÉ Chardonnay Bodega Chacra
Rio Negro Patagonia Argentina 13% White
Chardonnay.
The 2021 Mainqué Chardonnay is the second white here, produced by Jean-Marc Roulot from 40-year-old ungrafted vines in Mainqué in the Lunita property (where they regrafted the vines to Chardonnay), where th...(read more)
Luis Gutierrez, www.robertparker.com
2020 CONDRIEU Les Ravines Domaine Rémi Niero
Northern Rhône Rhône France 13.5% White
Viognier.
Not as expressive as 19, but a slight change in style detected, more linear & precise. Peach & melon notes, with mineral salinity too, finish off with a floral violet tone, really impressive.
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2021 CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET Les Chênes Domaine Fernand & Laurent Pillot
Côte d'Or Burgundy France 13.5% White
Chardonnay.
A more composed and refined village wine, with less obvious fruit, nicely rich in the mid-palate, still with the vintage's citrussy notes in the background. Nicely done.
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