Description
Introducing an exhilarating NEW Chardonnay that wowed a panel of the UK's top wine tasters (including Oz Clarke, Tim Atkin and seven Masters of Wine!) and outscored Grand Cru Chablis, Premier Cru Meursault and Chassagne-Montrachet at the prestigious Chardonnay du Monde Competition.

With its crisp, citrus minerality and subtle creamy-oak flavours you'd be forgiven for thinking this delicious white hails from pricey Chablis or an expensive Burgundy cellar. It's actually from the Loire Valley, where Chardonnay is pretty rare … but when it's good, it's very good indeed.

Incredibly beautiful, Château de Goulaine is one of those fairytale castles the Loire is famous for - and one of the last to still have its own vineyards. Today it's occupied by the 11th Marquis de Goulaine, Robert, and his son Matthieu who tend the estate's historic Chardonnay vines (Robert believes the Goulaines are the oldest winemaking family in the world!)

In 2006 - a vintage Loire experts have been raving about - they enjoyed a particularly warm, early Atlantic Spring and a long, hot Summer which produced a bumper crop of perfectly sun-ripened grapes. Deliciously fresh and bursting with abundant stone-fruit flavours - we guarantee that you'll love this great-value discovery!

Top 100 Vins de Pays Tasting 2007, United Kingdom

Chardonnay du Monde 2007, France