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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2013 Domaine de Lansac, Chardonnay, Alpilles

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The 2013 Domaine de Lansac Chardonnay is redolent of apple blossom, honeysuckle, fennel, and grapefruit; it offers luscious, mouth-filling flavours with invigorating salty and herbal accents; and finishes with remarkably persistent mineral notes.

France > Vin De Pays > Vin De Pays D Oc

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2014 Vondeling Chardonnay, Paarl, South Africa

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A notion of flinty smoke on the nose gives the minerality which hints at the mountainous location of the tiny, tree lined vineyard in which this Chardonnay is grown. This is no exaggerated New World style but one of finesse and grace, though with a welcome creaminess on the palate. Exceptionally well suited to grilled fish, creamy pasta and salads.

South Africa > Paarl

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£35.10

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2015 Domaine Coudoulet, Chardonnay, Vin de Pays d'Oc

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Stone fruit and red apple with white floral aromatics. Refreshing acidity that is supported with pleasant grapefruit pith bitterness on the palate. Mineral core and wonderful vivacity.
Fiona Hayes - Buyer

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2015 Berry Bros. & Rudd White Burgundy by Collovray & Terrier

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Just as you can learn much from a restaurant’s house wine, you should also be able to judge a wine merchant by its own-label bottles, and we wouldn't put our name to anything which wasn't delicious to drink. Our range of Highly Dependable wines is just that: a marque that stands for reliable good value and taste.

A beautifully warm, dry summer enabled Jean-Luc Terrier and Christian Collovray to start picking their 2015 vintage exceptionally early. They have skilfully maintained a fresh approach to the fruit, which is full, vibrant and exciting this year. With white peach and summer flower notes, this classical White Burgundy is a delight to drink on its own or with a wide range of poultry, fish or lighter meat dishes.
A beautifully warm, dry summer enabled Jean-Luc Terrier and Christian Collovray to start picking their 2015 vintage exceptionally early. They have skilfully maintained a fresh approach to the fruit which is full, vibrant and exciting this year. With white peach and summer flower notes, this classical White Burgundy is a delight to drink on its own or with a wide range of poultry, fish or lighter meat dishes.
Jasper Morris M.W. - Wine Buyer

France > Burgundy > Bourgogne > Bourgogne Blanc

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2015 Mâcon-Solutré, Le Clos, Domaine des Gerbeaux

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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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2016 Berry Bros. & Rudd Australian Chardonnay by Frankland Estate

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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

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£86.52

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2014 St Véran, Domaine des Gerbeaux

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Full of juicy fruit with floral notes, this exuberant, zesty yet still fine-boned St Véran is perfectly balanced, offering plenty of energy for the future.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Saint Veran

2 Reviews

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2015 St Véran, Domaine des Gerbeaux

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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

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2016 Mâcon-Solutré, Le Clos, Domaine des Gerbeaux

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France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Macon

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2016 Pulenta Estate Chardonnay, Mendoza

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2015 Petit Chablis, Domaine du Colombier

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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

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2016 Petit Chablis, Domaine du Colombier

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France > Burgundy > Chablis > Petit Chablis

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2016 St Véran, Domaine des Gerbeaux

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France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Saint Veran

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2013 Ivo Varbanov, Clair de Lune, Bulgaria

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This wine was fermented and aged for 12 months in large Bulgarian oak casks, that give a more sappy and spicy character than French oak. These notes act as a counterfoil to the ripe chardonnay fruit, to give a satisfying mouthful.

Bulgaria

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2015 Chablis, Domaine du Colombier

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Thierry has managed once again to craft (from numerous parcels across his 53 hectares of vineyard) a wine that encapsulates the very essence of Chablis while expressing the nuances of the 2015 vintage, hence a touch more gras than the 2014.
Will Heslop - Buyer

France > Burgundy > Chablis

2 Reviews

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2015 Mâcon-La Roche-Vineuse, Olivier Merlin

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France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Macon

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2015 Berry Bros. & Rudd Chablis by Domaine du Colombier

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Guy Mothe built up the highly successful Domaine du Colombier by starting with a tiny holding and then acquiring small parcels of land that came up for sale over the years. Today the domaine has 33 hectares of vineyards and is run by Guy`s son, Thierry. The estate is a first-class source of pure, unoaked, mineral-laden Chablis – a truly typical style that is worthy of our Own Selection range.

The 2015 vintage in Chablis was characterised by a warm dry summer which has lent this wine a riper fruit profile than its predecessor. When we joined Thierry Mothe to select the blend we therefore took great care in choosing parcels which offered refreshing acidity and minerality in order to preserve the steely character of classic Chablis. Its aromas of citrus and oyster shell point to a predictable (but unsurpassable) pairing with shellfish.

France > Burgundy > Chablis

7 Reviews

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2012 Alpamanta Estate Chardonnay, Mendoza

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A subtly oaked Chardonnay wine, with tropical fruit ripeness well balanced by citrus freshness.

Argentina > Mendoza

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£117.48

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2014 St Véran, Rives de Longsault, Domaine des Deux Roches

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Typical of St Veran in that it combines a luxurious manifestation of Chardonnay with excellent value. Winemakers Jean-Luc Terrier and Christian Collovray have crafted, here, a beautifully rich and creamy white burgundy with overtones of toasted oak and apple. Would go wonderfully with chicken though I’ve enjoyed it on its own.

France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Saint Veran

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2015 Pandolfi Price Larkün Chardonnay, Valle del Itata

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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 Chablis, Domaine Pinson

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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 Mâcon-Villages, Les Héritiers du Comtes Lafon

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Dom breezily suggests drinking this young and without too much ceremony, but its purity and concentration are such that you’ll want to savour the second bottle, and perhaps lay down a third to see how it develops over the next year or two. While its cheerful, ripe fruit character indicates a warmer vintage, it’s freshness speaks of superior terroir and expert winemaking.
Will Heslop - Wine Buyer

France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Macon

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£127.32

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2014 Frankland Estate, Estate Chardonnay, Frankland River

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Australia > Western Australia > Frankland River

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2013 Ambrosía Viña Unica Chardonnay, Gualtallary, Uco Valley

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

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

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

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France > Burgundy > The Maconnais > Macon

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2012 Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Chardonnay, Frankland River

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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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£140.52

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2015 Chablis, Domaine William Fèvre

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France > Burgundy > Chablis

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2011 Bourgogne Vézelay, La Voluptueuse, Domaine la Croix Montjoie

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Sophie and Matthieu Woillez have named their domaine after a local landmark, the cross of Montjoie. They make three wines from their 10 hectares of Chardonnay on the slopes around the magical town of Vezelay with its famous basilica, of which the barrel-fermented and -matured version has been christened La Voluptueuse.
The bouquet has a tingly quality with lightly grassy notes interspersed with the richer character of the Chardonnay and a touch of vanilla oak. It is rounded, curvaceous and full of generous fruit all the way to the finish with a glossy texture throughout. Voluptuous indeed! Drink over the next twelve months.
Jasper Morris, Burgundy Buyer

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