2020 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru La Vougeraie

This wine shines with an explosive, almost wild, energy. The scintillating nose starts with struck match, chalk and a creamy tone, and the palate follows with freshly-foraged wild apples and pear. There's also a hint of white peach. Dense and complex in flavor with discreet oak tones, this finishes gloriously long. 2024-35

Fine bright mid yellow. This is very stylish and very Chevalier, one of the riper examples of the vintage, I think. There is unexpected weight on the palate, some greengage, interesting complexity, a lightly saline note, and very persistent. Showing very well for Vougeraie Chevalier.

Once again there is a whiff of the exotic though here it is a bit more prominent on the aromas of dried apricot and peach, white flower, anise, jasmine tea and a touch of mineral reduction. There is both excellent detail and power to the palate staining broad-shouldered yet beautifully refined flavors that also brim with dry extract on the lemony and wonderfully persistent finale. This is both quite stylish and very classy as well as a wine that should easily repay at least a decade of keeping.