Cuvaison Chardonnay Carneros 2022 (750ml) Touriga FrancescaWinemaker Notes The 2019 Estate Chardonnay has a citrus driven nose with lemon, grapefruit, and lime zest in spades. On deeper exploration, lovely notes of peach, apricot, pear, and a hint of saffron delight the palate. Critical Acclaim WE90 Wine Enthusiast A full bodied and nicely concentrated white, this delivers plush, lush layers of butterscotch, stone fruit and white flower. The oak is integrated and present, adding light baking spice and length
new plots have been added to the domain in the villages of Beaune and Puligny-Montrachet since 2007 and more recently in Pommard
wood oven ciabatta crust/ damper
and we had a wonderfully dry warm harvest season
“a wild party of spice notes flying through the wine like happiness itself”
The harvest is done by hand in crates during the second ten days of September
this wine marries the power and sunny depths of Pouilly-Fuissé with something much more ethereal
While some winemakers in this region are mimicking a bolder Douro style
Southern Napa Valley’s cooler microclimates
Not being from the Estate
Janus is our flagship… the richest
It fermented in small concrete vats and matured in French oak barrels for 12 months
Medium plus bouquet with notes of Black cherry