2013 Clos Blanc de Vougeot, 1er Cru, Domaine de la Vougeraie, Burgundy

Description

Gold medal winner at the 2016 Decanter World Wine Awards

This unique wine is singing once again in 2013. Pale and bright in colour, it has a brilliant nose with nectarines and lively citrus notes, perfectly poised with great intensity of ripe fruit. Nectarines again, a little orange blossom, this is very complete and immensely long.
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

The harvest began with whites on 26th September, before the rain, then the reds were brought in during less good weather, with sorting necessary. The stems were ripe enough to allow for whole bunch vinification, and Pierre has chosen the soft pedal in 2013: not much punching down, more an infusion approach, less new wood and perhaps a shorter time in barrel. Pierre can see some elements of 2008 but with more weight, more flattering wines overall.

Colour White

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2013

Maturity Ready - mature

Grape List Chardonnay

Body Medium Bodied

Producer Domaine de la Vougeraie

Critics reviews

96/100

Wonderfully complex with lively, smoky lime oozing from the glass, delicately threaded with nuances of mierality, stone and spice. Very attractive vivacity with ripe yet cool citrus fruit flavours and interwoven subtle oak. A wine with multi-layered complexity. A charming, harmonious example and tasting superbly. Decanter.com - July 2016

Decanter.com (Jul 2016)

Neal Martin MW 90-92/100

The 2013 Clos Blanc de Vougeot has mintiness on the nose that is very attractive. The palate is well balanced and quite exotic in style with mint, juniper and orange-zest notes and an energetic, racy finish that lingers in the mouth. Excellent.Neil Martin - 30/12/2014

Neal Martin MW, (Dec 2014)

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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