2017 Domaine Michel Niellon - Chassagne Montrachet Clos de la MaltroieColour : White Producer : Domaine Michel Niellon Label Name : Chassagne Montrachet Clos de la Maltroie Country : France Region : Burgundy Sub Region : Cote de Beaune Appellation : Chassagne Montrachet Variety : Chardonnay Vintage : 2017 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Tasting Note : Plush, evoking butterscotch, vanilla, clove and nutmeg top notes wrapped around a core of peach and apple flavors. Firms up on the finish, but a year or two in bottle

and citrus zest (blood orange

but the combination of a perfect vintage with the Tesseron family’s fully realised biodynamic programme produced at Pontet-Canet a wine whose quality surpassed even the expectations of the most optimistic vintage assessments

gentle spice and earthy undertones

At twenty years old the 1998 La Conseillante continues to state its claim as the best wine of that decade

When we are creating these glasses

this is precisely the kind of wine that the grower movement has made available

Wine Advocate 99

Colour : Red Producer : Lafon Rochet Country : France Region : Bordeaux Sub Region : St Estephe Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 1986 Capacity : 750 ml - Standard Bottle Rating : RP86 - Robert Parker Wine Advocate Tasting Note : On numerous occasions this wine seemed forbiddingly tannic from cask and virtually impossible to evaluate

showing plum

The wine is full-bodied

round 2018

An array of ripe purple and blue fruits with plenty of cassis and black cherry with a stony