2010 Ladoix Villages, Bois de Gréchons, Sylvain Loichet

2010 Ladoix Villages, Bois de Gréchons, Sylvain Loichet

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2010 Ladoix Villages, Bois de Gréchons, Sylvain Loichet

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Burgundy Vintage 2010 Best Buys - Outside the Box
With ripe fruit at the fore on the nose, Loichet’s Ladoix wine is reminiscent of a ‘mini’ Corton-Charlemagne. Very precise on the palate with freshness that is the hallmark of this vintage with a wonderful long finish.
Fergus Stewart - Private Account Manager

A dancing aromatic nose is leaner than the early vintages of this wine when the fruit was picked late. Picking earlier makes for a good fresh complex mix of pears, fresh apricots and some citric notes, with fine fresh acidity behind.
Jasper Morris MW - Burgundy Director

This is a thoroughly fine range from the young and enthusiastic Sylvain Loichet in 2010. The whites have their usual energy and pure fruit while the reds have been fine-tuned, with a slightly shorter time in vat producing far more elegant wines. This is becoming an exceptionally good address. Note also the two cuvées of Corton-Charlemagne from different parts of the hill.

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Chardonnay

Chardonnay

Chardonnay is often seen as the king 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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