Pure strawberry and black-cherry aromas with slate and spice undertones. Full-bodied with firm, chewy tannins and a tar, black-pepper and spice undertone to the cool dark fruit. But it turns a little jammy at the end. From organically grown grapes. Drink ...
From the Monção e Melgaço sub-region of northern Portugal, the natural home of the alvarinho grape, and made by one of its finest producers, who uses a little skin contact (hence the name) to give structure to this invigorating linear dinner-table white.
Bursting with aromas of peach, pear, crushed mint and buttery pastry, the 2022 Chassagne-Montrachet Village is medium-bodied, ample and textural, with a pure core of fruit and a saline finish. It's derived from several parcels on the alluvial fan.