SAINT AUBIN
2021 1er Cru Frionnes Domaine Hubert Lamy
| Grapes | Chardonnay |
| Colour | White |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| District | Côte d'Or |
| Sub-district | Côte de Beaune |
| Village | Saint Aubin |
| Classification | 1er Cru |
| ABV | 13% |
| Vineyard | Frionnes |
Ripe yet cool aromas of pear, apple, carnation and crushed fennel lead to succulent and intense flavors that are also gorgeously textured while displaying superb length on the bone-dry, moderately austere and sneaky long finish. This too is excellent though also a wine that’s going to need at least some patience. Drinking range: 2024 - 2031 Rating: 93 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jun 2024)
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We offer free nationwide delivery on all orders over £150 (excluding Highlands & Islands). Express Delivery options also available.The 2021 Saint-Aubin Les Frionnes 1er Cru has a composed bouquet that unfurls in the glass, less immediate than, say, the Chez Edouard, but it is more concentrated with a touch more yellow fruit. The palate is beautifully balanced with a keen line of acidity and a very precise, lightly spiced finish. Excellent. Drinking range: 2027 - 2043 Rating: 92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Jan 2024)
Domaine Hubert Lamy
Olivier Lamy has built on the solid foundations his father Hubert prepared with twenty years and more of work in the vineyards. Today the Domaine has 18.5 hectares of vines - 80% are Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir. The vines are in several appellations - Saint-Aubin, Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet and Santenay, as well as the excellent Bourgogne Blanc. The reputation of the domaine is now made, but the Saint Aubins, both red and white, remain some of the bargains of Côte d'Or, and challenge the supposed superiority of the grander village names on a regular basis, both in terms of young and mature wines.
Olivier's wine-making style and preference is to emphasise the fresh and the mineral side of his wines, and there is very little new wood in this cellar, with many wines with no new wood at all, and that is with the wines in 600 litre demi-muids rather that the classic Burgundy (225 litre) fût. Certainly Oliver's whites do have an arrow-like purity and intensity, and seem to age completely straight and true.
The reds are worth more than a casual mention too. Olivier has been getting some consultation help from Sylvain Pataille, and the wines have energy and bounce along with the supple tannins and ripeness.
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