Description
Profound aromas of ripe peach and smoky, flinty minerality. Fat, supple and sweet; glyceral in texture yet magically elegant thanks to perfectly harmonious acidity. Chewy, three-dimensional flavors of lemon, iodine and earth, with saline and wet clay suggestions on the expanding, rising, palate-staining finish. With a texture like liquid silk, this extraordinary Batard has shed the slight tannic edge it demonstrated from barrel a year ago. But I’d still want to hold it for at least seven or eight years to get the full effect.
- Country: France
- Region: Burgundy
- Appellation: Cote De Beaune
- Sub Appellation: Batard Montrachet
- Size: 750ml
- Color: White
Varietal
Chardonnay
Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one that has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is Chardonnay. This green-skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity, which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.