2015 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru La Vougeraie

Strutting its stuff for the second vintage after its purchase from Vincent Girardin, this certainly reflects the heat of the 2015 growing season, but is still well balanced and fresh. In style, it's halfway house between the Bâtard and the Bienvenues, combining elements of both. Rich, toasty, but underpinned by acidity and minerality. 2018-25 .

The 2015 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru currently shows a lot of reduction on the nose, although there is plenty of fruit packed behind. The palate is rounded on the entry with moderate acidity, but again, the reduction is suppressing the fruit at the moment. Yet it does convey a sense of purity, and the harmony is tangible behind that reductive veneer. Give this four or five years in bottle. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting 2022 - 2040 .