Chardonnay
Adam Bruntlett - Wine Buyer
H/Bottle
£7.50
H/Bottle 24 x 37.5cl 53cs
Bottle
£12.50
Bottle 12 x 75cl 539cs
Bottle
£11.25
Bottle 12 x 75cl 6cs
Bottle
£11.50
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£12.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 43cs
Perfumed, with aromas of white peach and lime, and subtle sweet spice. Restrained yet generous, with an abundance of ripe stone fruit, and a rich texture from time in French oak. The soils are comprised of red clay which adds structure to the wine, and large granite deposits, which provide minerality. Drink now, but will thrive with up to 5 years bottle ageing.
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£13.65
Bottle 6 x 75cl 71cs
Bottle
£14.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 82cs
Drink 2017-2019.
Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate. 28th April 2017.
Bottle
£16.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 47cs
Bottle
£16.95
Adam Bruntlett, Wine Buyer Complex aromas of tropical and ripe citrus fruit plus a discreet nutty character (15% of this cuvée is oak aged). The palate’s fresh acidity and mineral core give little indication of the heat of the ’15 vintage. As ever, this is a hugely winsome, approachable cuvée from a winemaker whose surname is wholly appropriate.
Will Heslop, Buyer. Berry Bros. & Rudd.
Bottle
£17.25
Bottle 12 x 75cl 16cs
Adam Bruntlett, Wine Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd
Bottle
£17.50
Bottle 12 x 75cl 108cs
Bottle
£17.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 51cs
Jasper Morris MW
This feels a world away from nearby Chablis: an exotic, pineapple, almost passion fruit, and tinned peach nose leads to a fulsome palate which is quite round and fat, yet still manages to retain its eponymous elegance.
Bottle
£17.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 18cs
Bottle
£17.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, eRobertParker.com #208 Aug 2013
Bottle
£18.50
Bottle
£18.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 3cs
Jared Ehret, Private Account Manager
Bottle
£19.50
Bottle 12 x 75cl 105cs
Bottle
£19.50
Bottle 12 x 75cl 15cs
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer
Samuel has not only been able to take back his share of the family vineyards but he has also moved into some excellent premises which he has been refurbishing, in the heart of Chablis. It was good to find him in such a cheerful frame of mind. The long, slow vinification of his 2015s has done the wines a lot of good. We found a concentration of minerality and characteristic saline finishes.
Bottle
£19.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 37cs
Bottle
£19.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 50cs
100% chardonnay.
Cool & discreet.
Bottle
£19.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 10cs
Bottle
£19.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle
£20.00
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£21.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 63cs
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer
Olivier, who normally picks after his neighbours, was out harvesting before them this year, starting at the end of August. The hot, dry wind in that period really concentrated both the sugars and the acidity in the grapes. Everything ripened rapidly so Olivier made sure to privilege his best terroirs, and completed the harvest in five fewer days than usual.
Bottle
£21.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 64cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£22.50
Bottle 12 x 75cl 9cs
Will Heslop, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£22.50
Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs
Chris Pollington, Private Account Manager
Bottle
£22.50
Bottle 12 x 75cl 50cs
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer
Dominique Lafon and his cellar master, Caroline Gon, took a great deal of trouble in 2015 to get their picking dates exactly right. They started on 28th August and picked their Mâconnais wines across a 13-day period, as each sector ripened, with the result that they have avoided high sugar levels and have kept the desired element of freshness in their wines.
Bottle
£23.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 3cs
As a result this wine displays a pleasing restraint in the form of the classic iodine and oyster shell character one associates with Chablis, accompanied by the riper white peach and honeysuckle flavours of the warm vintage.
Bottle
£23.95
Bottle 12 x 75cl 34cs
Chardonnay is the "Big Daddy" of white wine grapes and one of the most widely planted in the world. It is suited to a wide variety of soils, though it excels in soils with a high limestone content as found in Champagne, Chablis, and the Côte D`Or.
Burgundy is Chardonnay's spiritual home and the best White Burgundies are dry, rich, honeyed wines with marvellous poise, elegance and balance. They are unquestionably the finest dry white wines in the world. Chardonnay plays a crucial role in the Champagne blend, providing structure and finesse, and is the sole grape in Blanc de Blancs.
It is quantitatively important in California and Australia, is widely planted in Chile and South Africa, and is the second most widely planted grape in New Zealand. In warm climates Chardonnay has a tendency to develop very high sugar levels during the final stages of ripening and this can occur at the expense of acidity. Late picking is a common problem and can result in blowsy and flabby wines that lack structure and definition.
Recently in the New World, we have seen a move towards more elegant, better- balanced and less oak-driven Chardonnays, and this is to be welcomed.