Le Champ des Etoiles Chardonnay 2018

Name: Le Champ des Etoiles Chardonnay
SKU: 2116118
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.6 (77 reviews)

Vin de France

3.6 / 5 (77 reviews)

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Gold, International Wine Awards, 2019
90-94pts, International Wine Awards, 2019

Sister wine to Le Champ des Etoiles Pinot Noir, this crisp Chardonnay is made in classic Mâcon Villages style, yet the fruit comes from ocean cooled Languedoc vineyards. Deliciously creamy and full, it offers stone fruit with elegant minerally zip.

Beyond the Label

Tasting notes

Mouthfilling, rounded texture with ripe peach and minerally elegance

Aroma

Creamy stone fruits, citrus and almond notes

More information

White - Dry
Chardonnay
France
Pale gold

13.5% ABV
10.13 Units
750.00 ml
31 December, 2022

The winemaking mission at Le Chai au Quai is to make classic Grand Cru style wine at a good value price. Hence this beautifully poised, elegant white. It’s crafted very much like a high quality white Burgundy, yet the fruit is from the Languedoc. Our winemaker Mark Hoddy picked out premium parcels of Chardonnay grapes from close to Narbonne and the Mediterranean coast. Sea breezes keep temperatures cooler, hence the wine’s pleasing minerally elegance. Mark aged the wine on its lees in old barrels, so that the oak lends a creamy rounded texture, whilst also enabling the wine to age and gain complexity. Yet it retains a minimum of spice and the fruit remains foremost. Gently chill and enjoy on its own or serve with creamy white meat dishes.

"Lovely, fruity Chardonnay. Smooth, oak-aged Chardonnay with a gorgeous, fruity taste" Online Review
For the 2016 vintage