Cuvée E.J. Thévenet Viré-Clessé Chardonnay

Excited as always to shock people with this wine in a tasting!

This #Chardonnay from #Burgundy always exceeds regional expectations ~ hillside vineyard choice, late harvest for extreme ripeness, lengthy fermentation and bottle aging create a wine of “unique and oft-controversial bottling due to predictable traces of residual sugar. While the wine does not drink sweet, it does have an extraordinary richness of flavor and texture along with its characteristic firm acidity and minerality.”

Green & Yellow Apples, orange blossom, lime zest, pie crust & shortbread

Marmalade & Nectars of the fruits added to the palate

Not only is this one of the White Burgundy wines & deals of the past 1/4 century, I actually grew both lettuces. All organic.

The wine aside & it’s not second by any means, today’s fresh pick lettuce is so fresh, crisp & complex. Not so different from wine.

I almost never buy more than 6 bottles of anything. I bought two cases of this Vire Clesse. This is better than a lot $100 a bottle plus Ca Chardonnay or White Burgundy. $39 a bottle.

Superb. Slightly reductive. Sweet honeycomb, passion fruit, butter and pepper. Amazing length. Ripe but not clawing. Ethereal. Complex and seriously top shelf.

Best elements of fruit and floral notes yet a mouthful of complexity as well. Wish I knew how to get more

Patrice had this 3 years ago

Michael had this 6 years ago