2011 St Aubin, Les Frionnes, 1er Cru, Domaine Hubert Lamy, Burgundy
- White
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Chardonnay
Ready - mature
Product: 20111072127
Description
The oldest vines to provide fruit for this wine date back to 1935. It has a lovely mid-palate, some plum fruit and very good density without being fat. It is a wine with excellent balance.
Jasper Morris MW, Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director 2011 delivered a correctly sized crop in white wines but again a shortfall in red. Olivier Lamy feels that the poor weather in August was, in fact, helpful as it preserved freshness in a very precocious year. Olivier has renewed his barrel cellar over the last few years, moving to the larger demi-muid size but, now this process has been achieved, the proportion of new oak has been reduced.
Jasper Morris MW, Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director 2011 delivered a correctly sized crop in white wines but again a shortfall in red. Olivier Lamy feels that the poor weather in August was, in fact, helpful as it preserved freshness in a very precocious year. Olivier has renewed his barrel cellar over the last few years, moving to the larger demi-muid size but, now this process has been achieved, the proportion of new oak has been reduced.
Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2011
Maturity Ready - mature
Grape List Chardonnay
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine Hubert Lamy
About this wine
Chardonnay
Chardonnay is often seen as the king of white wine grapes and one of the most widely planted in the world It is suited to a wide variety of soils, though it excels in soils with a high limestone content as found in Champagne, Chablis, and the Côte D`Or. Burgundy is Chardonnay's spiritual home and the best White Burgundies are dry, rich, honeyed wines with marvellous poise, elegance and balance. They are unquestionably the finest dry white wines in the world. Chardonnay plays a crucial role in the Champagne blend, providing structure and finesse, and is the sole grape in Blanc de Blancs.
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Domaine Hubert Lamy
There have been Lamys growing vines in St-Aubin since 1640 - today it is run by Olivier Lamy. Olivier is representative of a new breed of Burgundian grower keen to progress. He worked at Méo-Camuzet before taking over in 1996 from father Hubert. Olivier ceased supplying négociants in 1997, grubbing up and selling off peripheral vines, keeping only the best and oldest sites. Currently he is experimenting with different planting densities in a quest to capture even greater expression of terroir.
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