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Domaine Guy Amiot et Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru ‘Les Vergers’ 2018
Chardonnay from Chassagne-Montrachet, Côte du Beaune, Burgundy, France
$221
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Amiot makes wines toward the more generous end of the spectrum. Tasting this reminded me of a chat I had with Franco d’Anna about the pendulum from riper to leaner styles. ‘Chardonnay should have flavour’
My note on the 2017:
Lovers of flavourful Chardonnay will be happy here. Vergers should have a solid line of acid and this does. Full of riper stone fruit, melon, creamy lees action, a pinch of baking spice all finishing with a little pith. On first pour the stone fruit and melon dominated, with time in the glass these pulled back and more ripe apple and grapefruit started to come through. The wine freshened and lengthed, the pith on the finish softened. A fascinating evolution in the glass.
Tasting this (Nov 2021) it’s clear it will give much more with another year or 2 in bottle.
The 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers is showing very nicely, wafting from the glass with scents of citrus oil, nutmeg, white flowers and crisp orchard fruit. Medium to full-bodied, elegantly satiny and incisive, its textural attack segues into an ample mid-palate underpinned by brisk acids, concluding with a delicately saline finish. This is one of the highlights of the portfolio this year.
William Kelley
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