Domaine Jean-Noël Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Boudriotte 2022

Critical Acclaim: 93 pts Vinous; 91 pts Burghound. 

About the Wine: La Boudriotte is a Premier Cru Chassagne-Montrachet from Domaine Jean-Noël Gagnard, known for white Burgundy with precision, texture and the structure to develop beautifully.

Tasting Notes: Yellow fruit, white flowers, crushed stone and a touch of honey with focused acidity and a broad, persistent finish.

"The 2022 Chassagne-Montrachet La Boudriotte 1er Cru has a crisp and precise bouquet, very focused, with seamlessly integrated oak, crushed limestone, and petrichor scents percolating through the yellow fruit. The palate is very well-balanced, with a slightly honeyed opening. It’s one of the richer cuvées by taste, though analytically, it has very good acidity. It fans out wonderfully on the finish. Excellent. Drink 2025 - 2045."- Vinous. 

"An expressive nose freely offers up its array of various white orchard fruit, petrol and rosemary oil scents. Here, too, there is good volume to the medium-bodied and fleshy flavours that also coat the palate with dry extract on the clean, dry and lingering finish. This needs better depth, but that should reasonably occur after a few years of cellaring. Drink from 2024 onward."- Burghound. 

Serving Suggestion: Lobster, scallops, roast chicken and aged Comté.

Varietal: Chardonnay