For this year’s Christmas, I picked four wines to pair with a down to earth broth fondue. For aperitif, we started with a champagne by Henri Giraud. From there we went to Burgundy, then Bordeaux, and ended up at the Saar in Germany. Originally, I’d chosen a 1996 Sauternes to wrap things up but we decided to keep that bottle for another time. 2026 Christmas, perhaps?
Pale lemon yellow. Open, medium-intensity bouquet of ripe yellow fruit: Lemon and apricot, with a herbal touch. There are also notes of butter and nuts. Finally, there’s a slight hint of smoke, but it’s very elegant. The taste and finish are of medium intensity, as well. Acidity is medium to high, very fresh and a good fit with the warmer fruit notes of the vintage. Still a very good village wine with structure and cellaring potential for some more years.
Drink through 2029.
Tasted by Dominik Müller on Sunday, 24 December 2023.
| Flawed? | no | |
| DM: |
11Wines with a 9 to 12-point rating are very good wines, showing complexity, distinctive terroir character, and great balance. / 20 ("very good") |
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| WSET SAT: |
2.5Wines with a 2.5 WSET rating are 'good' or 'very good' wines according to the WSET scoring system, where we consider balance (B), intensity (I), length (L) and complexity (C). In terms of my personal rating system, wines with a solid WSET score of 2.5 usually get around 89 to 90 DM points. / 4.0 |
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| Favourite: | No |
| Vintage: | 2019 |
| Colour: | white |
| Style: | still (dry) |
| Assemblage: | no |
| Grape variety: | Chardonnay |
| For assemblages, the main grape variety is shown. | |
| Producer: | Mark Haisma |
| Country: | France |
| Region: | Burgundy |
| Subregion: | Côte de Beaune |
| Appellation: | Chassagne-Montrachet AOC |
| Vineyard: | n/a |
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