Chardonnay

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.

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2016 Berry Bros. & Rudd White Burgundy by Collovray & Terrier

Domaine des Deux Roches, Ready, but will keep,

After the more hedonistic 2015, our 2016 marks a return to classic, restrained Chardonnay. With delicate floral aromas, the palate abounds with vibrant citrus and peach fruit, finishing on a subtle, smoky note thanks to well-judged oak. An excellent apéritif, its fresh, crisp profile makes this an ideal match for salads, seafood and lighter meat dishes.
Adam Bruntlett - Wine Buyer

France > Burgundy > Bourgogne > Bourgogne Blanc

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2015 Petit Chablis, Domaine du Colombier

Domaine du Colombier, Chablis, Ready, but will keep,

As ever with Thierry's wines, less is more. This may have a shade more weight than the 2014 (indicative of a warmer vintage), but it remains a sleek and purposeful animal, unencumbered by oak. Pale lemon in colour, the citrus theme continues through to the nose and palate. The finish is long, brackish and beguiling. Drink now to 2019.
Will Heslop - Wine Buyer, June 2017

France > Burgundy > Chablis > Petit Chablis

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2016 Anthonij Rupert, Protea, Chardonnay, South Africa

Anthonij Rupert, Drink now,

This has aromas of citrus, peach and stone fruit with a subtle marmalade nuance. The palate is ripe with citrus vibrancy, peach and nectarine. It has a rounded mouth-feel and smooth texture, displaying a good core of fruit and yet a creamy breadth too. Drink now to 2018.
Katherine Dart MW - Wine Buyer, June 2017

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2016 Berry Bros. & Rudd Australian Chardonnay by Frankland Estate

Frankland Estate, Drink now,

Our Australian Chardonnay was previously sourced from Elderton (the same people who make our own-label Shiraz) in the Barossa. This wine, however, comes from the cooler climate found in Frankland River, Western Australia. As a result, the wine is leaner and fresher, with a delicious zing.

The nose is pure and full of white peach fruit with a fresh sea-salt hint. Ripe pears and yellow apples follow, and a lemon citrus note brings a refreshing zip to the palate. The wine has an appealing texture and a light hint of toast adds complexity to the finish. This would be a delicious accompaniment to seafood linguine and creamy chicken dishes alike.

Australia > Western Australia > Frankland River

3 Reviews

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£12.50

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2015 Mâcon-Solutré, Le Clos, Domaine des Gerbeaux

Domaine des Gerbeaux, Ready, but will keep,

Domaine des Gerbeaux is owned and run by husband-and-wife team of Béatrice (who heralds from nearby Chaintre) and Jean-Michel Drouin, who since 1979 has developed the domaine started by his grandfather in 1896. They have now been joined by their son Xavier. The estate produces some of the best and most distinctive wines in the Mâconnais region. In typically Burgundian style, it has small parcels of vines (over 40) spread around in Mâcon, St Véran and Pouilly-Fuissé.

Might this be even better in 2015 than ’14? The fresh acidity remains, but the warmer ’15 vintage has underlined its gorgeous stone-fruit aromatics and contributed extra weight to the palate. Luxurious, balanced and tremendous value.

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2015 St Véran, Domaine des Gerbeaux

Domaine des Gerbeaux, Ready, but will keep,

Jean-Michel Drouin, it’s fair to say, has seen it all before. In 2015, when a summer heatwave threatened to ruin his crop, he held his nerve, harvesting shortly after light rain had restored some freshness to his parched vines. The resulting St Veran exhibits the richness indicative of the vintage but with sufficient acidity to remain as inviting as ever – sheer drinkability being a hallmark of Jean-Michel’s wines.
Will Heslop - Buyer

1 Review

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2016 Mâcon-Solutré, Le Clos, Domaine des Gerbeaux

Domaine des Gerbeaux, Ready, but will keep,

France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Macon

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2016 De Martino Legado Reserva Chardonnay, Limari Valley

De Martino, Drink now,

Chile > Limari Valley

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£45.24

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2016 St Véran, Domaine des Gerbeaux

Domaine des Gerbeaux, Ready, but will keep,

France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Saint Veran

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2012 Alpamanta Estate Chardonnay, Mendoza

Alpamanta Estate, Drink now,

Alpamanta are pioneers of Argentine bio-dynamic farming and minimal intervention wine—making. This approach has spawned a subtly oaked Chardonnay wine, with tropical fruit ripeness well balanced by citrus freshness, which has developed very well in bottle, despite an expectation that it might have been drunk earlier. A very pleasant surprise.

Argentina > Mendoza

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2015 Chablis, Domaine Pinson

Domaine Pinson, Ready, but will keep,

Clear lemon and green colour, the wine has a fresh mineral nose with fruit behind. The palate shows beautiful purity and excellent length, the fruit filling out the middle very nicely. For all the sunshine of 2015, this is still an absolutely typical Chablis. Drink 2017-2020.
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer

Volumes for 2015 are down after the pre-harvest hail but the quality here is exemplary. The father and daughter team of Laurent and Charlène Pinson, aided by other members of the family, continue to make excellent and very fairly priced wines from a range of vineyards. Part of our selection is shown below. The wines are mostly vinified in stainless steel then given a proportion of barrel ageing.

France > Burgundy > Chablis

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2015 Pandolfi Price Larkün Chardonnay, Valle del Itata

Pandolfi Price, Agricola Santa Ines, Ready, but will improve,

The unoaked 2015 Larkün Chardonnay was sourced from vines planted in 1992 on soils rich in clay, sand and volcanic ashes in Itata. It fermented in stainless steel and didn't go through malolactic fermentation but was kept in contact with the lees for 12 months to show a purer expression of the place and the grape. 2015 was cooler than 2014 but still warmer than average and also very dry, and the wine shows quite fresh and somehow austere, slowly developing more balsamic aromas. The palate is also quite fresh and austere with pungent flavors and a slightly bitter finish. 3,800 bottles were filled in March 2016.

Drink 2017-2019.
Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate. 28th April 2017.

Chile > Itata Valley

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2015 Mâcon-La Roche-Vineuse, Olivier Merlin

Olivier Merlin, Ready, but will improve,

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.

France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Macon

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£129.12

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2014 Frankland Estate, Estate Chardonnay, Frankland River

Frankland Estate, Ready, but will keep,

Australia > Western Australia > Frankland River

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2016 Berry Bros. & Rudd Chablis by Domaine du Colombier

Domaine du Colombier, Chablis, Ready, but will keep,

The 2016 vintage is the archetype of “small but perfectly formed”. In spite of the vintage’s challenges (a catastrophic spring frost signifi¬cantly reduced the size of the harvest), the wines are excellent. Blended from three different vineyard sites in the villages of Chichée and Fontenay, this wine has the perfect balance of bright fruit and sizzling mineral precision. Unadulterated by oak, it lends itself to a wide variety of food pairings, including (of course) shell¬fish and seafood dishes.
Adam Bruntlett, Wine Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

France > Burgundy > Chablis

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2013 Ambrosía Viña Unica Chardonnay, Gualtallary, Uco Valley

Ambrosia, Ready, but will keep,

In 2002 a group of friends bought land in the premium Gualtallaray zone of the Uco Valley. A well-known local winemaker used their fruit for his top terroir wine. His first vintage of the Malbec achieved 94 Parker points, leading the wines to be bottled under the autonomous Ambrosía label. The 2013 is the debut vintage of Ambrosía’s Chardonnay and it is impressive.

Warm lemon and white peach aromas are followed by riper flavours of yellow apple and nectarine, accompanied by toasty notes of lees-ageing. Ripe but refined with good texture and length, this is exclusive to Berry Bros. & Rudd in the UK. Match with roast loin of pork, macaroni cheese, Gruyère cheese.

Argentina > Mendoza > Lujan De Cuyo

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2013 Bourgogne Vézelay, L'Elegante, Domaine la Croix Montjoie

Domaine la Croix Montjoie, Ready, but will keep,

This cuvée – they also make l’Impatiente and la Voluptueuse – of Chardonnay from the Bourgogne Vézelay appellation comes from 30-year-old vines grown on limestone. The wine is fermented and matured in a mix of tank and older barrels.
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.

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2016 Mâcon-Villages, Les Héritiers du Comtes Lafon

Heritiers du Comte Lafon, Ready, but will keep,

Dominique Lafon, of the famous Domaine des Comtes Lafon in Meursault, set up his Mâconnais domaine with the intention of producing wines at a more affordable level without sacrificing quality, and this particular MâconVillages is the domaine’s calling card. Blended from vineyards in Viré-Clessé, Bussières and Uchizy, and raised in a mix of tank and large wooden foudre, this is a wine of freshness and energy. Dominique’s stated aim for this cuvée is for it to be so drinkable that a second glass is simply irresistible – and it undoubtedly is.

France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Macon

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2012 Bourgogne Vézelay, L'Elegante, Domaine la Croix Montjoie

Domaine la Croix Montjoie, Drink now,

This cuvée – they also make l’Impatiente and la Voluptueuse – of chardonnay from the Bourgogne Vézelay appellation comes from 30 year old vines grown on limestone. The wine is fermented and matured in a mix of tank and older barrels. The 2012 has a fine, pale yellow colour with a very pretty, gently floral nose, a good weight of fruit and a pleasingly generous finish. This is charming, indeed elegant, white burgundy, not at all a Chablis lookalike.
Jasper Morris - Wine Buyer

2 Reviews

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2016 Pouilly-Fuissé, Vieilles Vignes de Solutré, Domaine des Gerbeaux

Domaine des Gerbeaux, Ready, but will keep,

France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Macon

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2012 Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Chardonnay, Frankland River

Frankland Estate, Ready, but will keep,

With notes of golden delicious apples and white peaches highlighted by hints of honeydew melon, toasty oak and cedar, the 2012 Isolation Ridge Chardonnay is light-bodied, very crisp and a little green and under-ripe in the mouth. The oak is quite prominent and somewhat masks the fruit and defines the finish. Drink it now to 2017.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, eRobertParker.com #208 Aug 2013

Australia > Western Australia > Frankland River

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2015 Chablis, Domaine William Fèvre

Domaine William Fevre, Chablis, Ready, but will improve,

The 2015 Chablis (Domaine) comes from 48 hectares of Fevre's own vines located close to Premier and Grand Crus, the average age of vine is 40 years and the grapes are picked by hand. The nose is a little closed at first with hints of caramelized pear and a touch of white peach. The palate is clean and fresh, tightly wound and steely at the moment, with respectable salinity for a 2015. There is impressive definition and mineralité on the finish, considering this is a Village Cru. This comes recommended.
Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate. 31st August 2016.

France > Burgundy > Chablis

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2016 Chablis, Domaine Sébastien Dampt

Domaine Sebastien Dampt, Ready, but will keep,

The sort of wine that there should always be a bottle of on-hand in the fridge. Ideal for a mid-week supper or for filling the interminable void while preparing the Sunday lunch. Predominantly from a parcel of 45-year-old vines, the quality of the fruit is amplified by very little intervention in the winery, raising this above the majority of Village level Chablis. This isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel – crisp green apple, lemon wax and honeysuckle florals deliver the freshness expected with 8-10 months in tank producing a lovely texture on the palate. Lean, linear, steely acidity is marked but not aggressive and you’re simply left with the most agreeable impression.
Jared Ehret, Private Account Manager

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2015 Chablis, Samuel Billaud

Samuel Billaud, Ready, but will keep,

This comes from three plots, Bas de Chapelots, Pargues and Cartes. Samuel picked the hailed parts on 3^rd September, then the rest a few days later. There is a little touch of youthful bitterness which gives way to a fine-boned, well-constructed Chablis, with plenty of energy. Drink 2018-2021.
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.

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2016 Pouilly-Fuissé, Vers Cras, Domaine des Gerbeaux

Domaine des Gerbeaux, Ready, but will improve,

France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Pouilly Fuisse

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2016 Crittenden Estate Kangerong Chardonnay, Mornington Peninsula

Crittenden Estate, Drink now,

Not the Pythonesque antithesis of Kangeright, Kangerong is actually a zone of Mornington Peninsula. This is a fruity, understated Chardonnay, with its character from extended lees’ contact rather than oak. The fruit comes from two selected Chardonnay blocks, a stone’s throw apart.
100% chardonnay.
Cool & discreet.

Australia > Victoria > Port Phillip > Mornington Peninsula

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2015 Chablis, Domaine Gérard Duplessis

Domaine Gerard Duplessis, Ready, but will keep,

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2015 St Véran, Les Cras, Domaine des Valanges, M. Paquet

Michel Paquet, Domaine des Valanges, Ready, but will keep,

This is everything you could want from a St Véran. It hails from a particularly pebbly patch of land, measuring 1.15 hectares, to which Matthieu Paquet attributes the wine’s precise, mineral character. That character is complemented – not masked – by the effects of judicious oak ageing (40% in barrel, of which one in ten are new). Its intense bouquet of hazelnut and orchard fruit is one to relish.
Will Heslop - Wine Buyer

France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Macon

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2015 Bourgogne Blanc, Jean-Philippe Fichet

Jean-Philippe Fichet, Ready, but will improve,

Pale lemon and lime in colour, this is attractively perfumed. There is lovely weight from the start, excellent acidity, lively and lovely. Very good length too, this is a great start to Mr Fichet’s line-up. Drink 2018-2020.
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer

With prices in Burgundy still rising, even if often for understandable reasons, the appellations Bourgogne Blanc and Bourgogne Rouge are great places to look for affordable wines. You get the opportunity to drink wine from a top winemaker, from vines which are adjacent to the famous villages, and which will be accessible earlier. The 2005 Bourgognes Rouges are still delicious and youthful more than 10 years later, but most wines have been drinking well for a few years now. On these two pages we offer a selection of our favourite Bourgognes.

France > Burgundy > Bourgogne > Bourgogne Blanc

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2016 Crittenden Estate Peninsula Chardonnay, Tuerong, Victoria

Crittenden Estate, Ready, but will keep,

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