The bottled 2018 Arbois Chardonnay Grand Courolet comes from a plot that used to belong to Robert Aviet

You can recognize the Mourvedre-driven structure and tannic spine on the palate

Good stuff here too

This wine should continue to offer gorgeous and good-value drinking for another decade

Humbrecht insists too that he did not seek botrytis

Ferren, Lancel Creek Chardonnay Size:6x750ml The bottled 2018 Arbois ChardonnayThe 2014 Chardonnay Lancel Creek Vineyard is a powerful, immediate wine. Huge on the palate, the 2014 has tons of density, but less in the way of finesse and nuance. For another producer, this would be a superb wine, but here, it is the least exciting of the three Chardonnays. Antonio Galloni