Paul Pilot Bourgogne Blanc Chardonnay 2022

This comes mainly from a well-situated 0.6-hectare parcel of 35-year-old vines planted on a northeast-facing hillside just south of Chassagne. There is also a little Chassagne village fruit in the blend. The fruit is hand-picked, pressed and left to settle. It naturally ferments on lees for 12 months in small stainless-steel vats and older barrels. The wine is then blended and settled for a further six months in tank before bottling. This has always been a lovely drink, but today, the age of vines and Thierry and Chrystelle Pillot’s work in both the vineyard and cellar results in another level altogether. The 2022 is creamy, fleshy and long. A lot of pleasure to be had here.

“Pale in colour, prettily toasty on the nose, alongside the clean white fruit, balanced, with energised apple fruit yet still with some flesh to provide the body.”

Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy 88-90 Points