Wine Reviews

Floral, peach, lemon curd and oyster shell flavors are shaded by oak spice in this voluminous white. Its creamy texture is matched by vivid acidity, keeping this fresh and long on the detailed aftertaste of fruit, mineral and baking spices.

The most structured white in the cellar this year is the 2024 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru (Domaine des Héritiers Jadot), a taut and chiseled wine evocative of wet stones, crisp orchard fruit, white flowers and lime salt. Medium- to full-bodied, chiseled and racy, it’s built around tangy acids and chalky dry extract that asserts itself on the finish.

The 2024 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru has an expressive bouquet with nectarine, white peach, lime cordial and yellow flower scents. The palate is medium-bodied with a slightly honeyed texture. There is a keen line of acidity but it just misses the complexity of Jadot’s other Grand Crus on the finish. Give it a couple of years in bottle.

An elegant and forward white showing a complex, harmonious nose of lemon zest, seashells, green stone fruit, nectarines and salted butter. Medium- to full-bodied with deep flavors and a long finish. Harmonious and well balanced. Nothing too extreme. Partial malolactic. 25% new oak with around 70% of the wines being aged in larger casks. From organically grown grapes. Drink from 2027.

This concentrated, focused chardonnay is still tightly wound, but the stony minerality builds impressively, and the citrusy vitality gives it an impression of lightness in spite of the abundant power. Be patient until all of this can fully resolve, because the mineral drive in the finish promises great things to come.