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Rarely, if ever: That’s how often a Chardonnay with this kind of site-specific pedigree comes along at a price like this. With deals this good, we’re rarely permitted to reveal our sources—which is why we’re thrilled to broadcast this one as far and wide as we can, and why we can’t wait for you to…
It’s almost harvest time in Napa Valley, which means wineries will soon be full to the brim. Cellar space is at a premium. If you’re lucky and persistent, this pre-harvest window can yield some sensational catches as wineries make room for a new vintage. Carley’s Cuvée is sun-kissed California Chardonnay at its finest: lush and…
Half-Off Single-Site Oak Knoll Napa Chardonnay Just below Yountville, north of Napa, the Oak Knoll AVA is one of the best places to grow Chardonnay in Napa. But Oak Knoll is a hotbed for expensive Cabernet, so very few Chardonnay vines remain, and single-vineyard bottlings are extreme rarities—and have the prices to match—which makes today’s…
Burgundy is a maze of appellations, sub-regions, and “Grand” and “Premier” Cru vineyards, but there’s one secret way to bypass the maps, experience Burgundy’s legendary terroir, and drink well without poring over textbooks: Follow the best producers. Winemaking families—like the Burrier craftsmen behind today’s gorgeous, pineapple-scented Chardonnay—know where the region’s famed limestone soils surface in…
Côte de Nuits. Chevalier-Montrachet. Côte de Beaune. Louis Latour has vineyards in all of these Grand Crus and is the largest owner of vines in the supremely coveted Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru. More impressively, the domaine is still a family business — Louis-Fabrice is the eleventh generation of Latour to head the domaine. While he’s snapped…
If there’s anything better than a rich, white Burgundy from the aristocratic appellation of Meursault, it’s a Meursault Premier Cru. This is a richly textured bottle of first-rate Chardonnay, from one of the most respected Premier Cru sites in all of Burgundy. In one pour, the 2016 Les Genevrieres reveals layers of pure, ripe fruits…
Louis Latour’s 2016 Meursault is magnificent. This wine stole the show during our last tasting at Latour’s château, outperforming Grand Cru Chardonnays twice the price. A member-favorite white Burgundy for the past ten years, the 2016 comes from one of the finest vintages in recent memory, and is poised to outshine its peers. Just south…
Direct From White Burgundy’s Grande Dame The legendary Maison Leroy is home to what Robert Parker calls “the noblest and purest expressions of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in Burgundy.” Part-owner of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Lalou Bize-Leroy is the force behind Maison Leroy, which, Parker added, “stands virtually alone at the top of Burgundy’s quality…
New Zealand’s Other Marquee White Last spring, we got a call from a friend who was back in the Northern Hemisphere after working “Sauvalanche,” the locals’ affectionate nickname for New Zealand’s Sauvignon Blanc-dominated grape harvest. We met him for tuna tartare in downtown Napa, where he insisted on blind tasting us on a bottle he…
The Future Star of Chablis Wine Access members are savvy buyers, and for those among you who love mineral-crisp, richly-textured bargain white wines, a hotbed of discovery waits in France’s Chablis region. Ninety minutes from the Côte d’Or, this chilly French outpost sits on top of ancient, limestone seabeds that make it the epicenter of…
Every last person gathered around the massive dinner table at Shafer Vineyards seemed to be having a spectacular time, so we didn’t feel bad for monopolizing Shafer winemaker Elias Fernandez. If anything, we felt extremely lucky he was camped out beside us, pouring the 2016 Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay and talking to us like…
Talley’s Chardonnay Outlier Steals the Show We sell a lot of Chardonnay here at Wine Access, from case-buy offers perfect for everyday sipping to the kind of cellar-worthy standouts that can evolve for decades. Which makes it that much more remarkable that the Talley estate-grown Chardonnay is the #1 rated under-$40 Chard in Wine Access…
Benoit Touquette has arrived at an almost unimaginable pinnacle as a Napa winemaker, authoring eight 100-point wines for Realm in the last three vintages alone. Benoit learned by working alongside Andy Erickson—sharing responsibilities in the famed cellars of Screaming Eagle, Dalla Valle, Arietta, and Ovid. The tiny-production Teeter Totter Chardonnay is his own project—a wine…
Burghounds and lovers of outstanding Chardonnay, pay heed: The fourth-generation Matrot family is turning out some of the greatest, glossiest white Burgundy values in a generation. The 2016 Thierry et Pascale Matrot Chardonnay Bourgogne Blanc, crafted from 30-year-old vines just outside Meursault and aged in oak, is sensational at $25 a bottle. Round and rich…
The Show-stopping Chardonnay in Pinot Grigio Country We put ourselves in Giorgio’s hands. After all, we came to his trattoria in the Northeastern Italian town of Monfalcone because we heard he had a preternatural knowledge of Friulian wines—and we were eager to see what hyper-local, unique, indigenous white wine he would pair with our first…
The sommelier at The French Laundry had just finished pouring a nearly $1,000 bottle of Remoissenet Le Montrâchet for the four-top next to us, and was on his way over to our table with a bottle of 2016 Vine Cliff Chardonnay Los Carneros—and a knowing smile on his face. We knew what that look meant:…
Margaret River is a Land of Extremes and Extreme Value The perfect combination of Burgundian precision and New World ripeness collide in the 2016 Xanadu Chardonnay, a white wine that dazzles with pure flavors of fresh Meyer lemon, accented by jasmine, rocky minerality, and fresh-cut flowers. It’s no surprise this golden bottle scored 96-points from…
While “Grand Cru” and “Premier Cru” in Burgundy can mean the difference between a $500+ bottle and $100 bottle, in Meursault, there are only Premier Cru sites and village-level vineyards. And the fact that there are no Grand Cru-designated vineyards in Meursault, “the heartland of white burgundy,” as Master of Wine Jancis Robinson calls it,…
If there are two trends you can count on, it’s Meursault commanding wallet-emptying prices and member-favorite Albert Bichot over-delivering. But today, one of them breaks. Hint: It’s not Bichot. With three Winemaker of the Year titles under their belt, Albert Bichot is a Burgundy stalwart that Decanter called “one of the region’s most dynamic, quality-focused”…
You expect value wine to be charming. You might not expect it to be memorable. But the 2017 Albert Bichot Saint-Véran somehow became one of the highlights of our annual autumn trip to Burgundy. We were coming off a four-day marathon of proper tastings, business lunches, and long, multi-course dinners in the Côte d’Or, when our…
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