| Winery |
Jean-Claude Ramonet Pernand-Vergelesses Les Belles Filles 2014 |
| Vintage |
2014 |
| Region |
Burgundy |
| Grape |
Chardonnay |
| Style |
White Wine |
| Sweetness |
Dry |
| Body |
Medium |
| Tasting note |
A lacy, supple red, with flavors of cherry, raspberry, spice and earth. A stony, chalky note emerges as this plays out on the firm, sinewy finish. Fine length. Best from 2018 through 2028. 15 cases imported. By Wine Spectator.
The 2014 Les Belles Filles starts off tight, taut and as linear as physically possible. Liquid rocks, limestone and dusty wet slate notes dominate the aromatics. A few minutes in the glass allows this wine to open its shoulders slightly, revealing a more complex array of white citrus zest, white blossom, crunchy green pears and a hint of hazelnut savoury spice. Although so youthful and tightly wound, you can already feel the wonderful textural weight that coats the palate and unfurls slowly in alternate layers of minerality and tart, saline pithy citrus fruits. Superbly focused and wonderfully precise for this ‘lesser’ Burgundy appellation wine, the finish packs plenty of punch with more liquid minerality, smokey struck match flinty citrus spice and a cool, clean waxy lemon cordial length. A wine that is initially very reticent, blossoms into a lean, complex, well honed, superbly made white Burgundy with fine nuanced complexity and good ageing potential. Drink from 2020 to 2030+. By Greg Sherwood MV @ Wine Safari. Mar 2018.. |
| Rating |
WS92 / GS93+ |
| ABV |
13% |
| Size |
750ml |
