Heitz Lochardet, Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Maltroie

Heitz Lochardet, Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Maltroie(from a . 70 ha holding in Ez Crets and Les Places). An intensely floral suffused nose freely expresses its aromas of petrol, pear and soft resin wisps. There is good vibrancy to the delicious and attractively textured middle weight flavors that arent especially dense though they do possess solid depth and persistence. This relatively forward effort should drink well young and with a few years of keeping.

slightly liqueur-like wine with the powerful medicinal reserve of a barrel sample

very typical for a 1985 though it is less intense nowadays

Lively new oak leads into a ripe palate

The effect is seamless and smooth

Gaja’s Langhe wines incorporate a small percentage of Barbera

displaying repeating peachiness and building mineral and floral qualities

This was the first single-vineyard wine produced by d'Angerville's new Jura adventure grown on their first vineyard

Shows great harmony in its youthful way

I like the concentration and balance but even so this too is going to require extended cellaring

16 ha parcel in Charmes proper of vines planted in 1885 that have never been pulled up though Roty points out that all those that have died over the years have been replanted)

This is also sufficiently pliant to be approachable young

The idea here is that the place is stronger than the expression of the varietals