Back at Domaine Jean Chartron - one of the old, prominent estates in Puligny-Montrachet - to taste the 2018s from cask with Jean-Michel Chartron. Jean-Michel Chartron in May 2019 Domaine Jean Chartron - revealing the potential in … [Read more...] about Visit Domaine Jean Chartron – tasting the 2018s from cask
Chevalier Montrachet
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Visit at Chartron in Puligny-Montrachet tasting the 2018s ... it's early days - yet I have a fine impression of the Chartron 2018s - good balance and freshness in this hot year are the key parameters to look for. … [Read more...] about Visit Jean-Michel Chartron
Bouchard Pere et Fils, Chevalier Montrachet 2017
The 2017 is a vivid and charming Chevalier-Montrachet showing fine intensity and depth. The fruit is offering a lovely and quite intense minerality with fine white orchards fruits. It's mineral intensity is lovely and while it's a intense wine - its … [Read more...] about Bouchard Pere et Fils, Chevalier Montrachet 2017
Terroir Insight: Domaine Chartron, Chevalier-Montrachet
Chevalier-Montrachet is a great vineyard, perhaps only surpassed by Montrachet in the white classifications. Chevalier-Montrachet is only located in the Puligny-Montrachet appellation, but have been expanded a couple of times over the years, as … [Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine Chartron, Chevalier-Montrachet
Visit Domaine Jean Chartron – tasting the 2017s from cask
Puligny-Montrachet should somehow represent the pinnacle of white Burgundy - but during the last one or two decades the producers of Puligny have been seriously challenged by estates from other appellations. Things are however changing, and new … [Read more...] about Visit Domaine Jean Chartron – tasting the 2017s from cask
Terroir Insight: Domaine d’Auvenay, Chevalier-Montrachet
Beyond elusive ... not even in my dreams. The red grand crus of Domaine Leroy and Domaine d'Auvenay are both very rare and very costly - but the whites are even further away from the snout of the Winehog. Both the Chevalier-Montrachet and the … [Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine d’Auvenay, Chevalier-Montrachet
Maison Louis Latour, Chevalier-Montrachet Demoiselles 2015
The tasting Grandes Maisons Grands Cru during Grands Jours de Bourgogne included the opportunity to taste some of the big wines from the 2015 vintage - wines I rarely have the chance to taste and evaluate from bottle. The Louis Latour, … [Read more...] about Maison Louis Latour, Chevalier-Montrachet Demoiselles 2015
Domaine Leflaive, Chevalier Montrachet 2004
The 2004 Chevalier-Montrachet is a magnificent wine - and this example seem very fresh indeed with the classic Leflaive gun-powder in the nose alongside cool and vibrant fruit - sligtly maturing note of ginger and hazelnuts - brought forward by a … [Read more...] about Domaine Leflaive, Chevalier Montrachet 2004