“Big, quite leafy black fruit with exciting minty perfume. Medium-bodied, supple, graceful and ripe but not flashy, has some bordelais restraint. Excellent length and four square tannins. Could age for 5-6 years.” - Decanter

Pale straw. The bouquet of this elegant yet powerful Chardonnay displays fresh pears, beeswax, citrus and white nectarine fruits with underlying hints of oatmeal, nougat and roasted almonds. Full bodied packed with pears, white fleshed stone fruits and zesty lemony / grapefruit flavours.There is a lovely complexity with a creamy texture derived from lees stiring and mealy characters in the background; the taught mineral structure, intense fruit and bright acidity combine to focus the wine perfectly with a lovely lingering fruit finish.

“Cherry, soft tannins, rhubarb, rosehip, vanilla. Certainly complex enough, with a good floral lift too. Satisfying!” - 17/20 points, Jancis Robinson

“Single vineyard Chardonnay with pure mineral and slightly floral flavours that show a seasoning of oak and brioche character. Weighty wine supported by a solid core of tannins and acidity. Gutsy Chardonnay that's best with food.” – 87 points, Bob Campbell, 2008

“This wine presents intense lemon curd and warm lime notes with some creaminess and touches of honeysuckle and coriander seed plus some meal. Very tight-knit with crisp acid and a concentrated citrusy character, it has a nice silky texture and there’s some toastiness in the long finish.” – 94points, Robert Parker

"Very generous wood fights somewhat at present with the cool, spicy and highly complex nose of red currant, plum and violet aromas that is very much in keeping with the equally spicy rich, full-bodied and tautly muscled flavors that display ample minerality on the balanced, long and linear finish. This is a very serious effort with fine but dense tannins that will require 15 to 20 years for them to fully resolve so this isn't a precocious Riche."

very inviting. Dark with fine but present tannins. Tight but nicely fragrant in the middle with sweet fruit on the finish. Plenty of substance - 17 points, Jancis Robinson

“Discreet if not invisible wood frames a much earthier and equally spicy nose of red and dark berry fruit aromas that complement well the rich, full and generous medium-bodied flavors that are supported by good levels of dry extract and excellent length for villages. Worth a look.” -87-90 points, Burghound,2007

 “An extremely pretty red berry fruit nose leads to light weight but pure and delicious flavors that possess good energy and detail and are fashioned in a "drink me now" style.”

An interesting combination of the weight of the fruit grown in this vineyard with Champy’s 2006 austerity