2015 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru La Vougeraie

Il livre une bouche de belle maturité, avec un côté charnu et un fruit opulent. Ce corton- montrachet termine délicatement sur des saveurs d'agrumes. Très belle persistance.

Strutting its stuff for the second vintage after its purchase from Vincent Girardin, this certainly reflects the heat of the 2015 growing season, but is still well balanced and fresh. In style, it's halfway house between the Bâtard and the Bienvenues, combining elements of both. Rich, toasty, but underpinned by acidity and minerality. 2018-25 .

The 2015 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru consists of two barrels this year. It clearly has the best bouquet out of all the domaine's whites this year, conveying more mineral tension and complexity than the rest. The palate is very well balanced with hints of fresh pear and quince, a very fine line of acidity and just a subtle reductive note on the finish that lends tension and length. This is very fine and perversely, seemed better than the 2014 last year.

The 2015 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru currently shows a lot of reduction on the nose, although there is plenty of fruit packed behind. The palate is rounded on the entry with moderate acidity, but again, the reduction is suppressing the fruit at the moment. Yet it does convey a sense of purity, and the harmony is tangible behind that reductive veneer. Give this four or five years in bottle. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting 2022 - 2040 .