Vincent and Francois Jouard 'Champ Gains' Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 2023Varietal: Chardonnay

lifted wine

well-knit tannins and lingering spiciness

Aged in all French oak barrels

black and green

the 2016 is a stunningly beautiful

” which Luigi Giamello chose as the name of his estate

with medium tannin and beautiful acidity

amongst a fractured mixture of sandstone sown with fossilized oyster shells

geologically young soils left behind by either the Missoula floods or the volcanic events that formed the Cascade Range

toast and star anise that balance the intense dark fruit

Diel’s offerings are a study in both terroir and differences in intensity achieved at various levels of ripeness

3% Gewürztraminer