2004 Chassagne-Montrachet

Last night I shared this, and the next wine, with my parents who are visiting from the USA. This white burg from Alex Gambal, was purchased directly from the winery last fall at a cost near 22 euros. The Proprietor, Mr. Gambal, is an American, part Bostonian part Washingtonian, who uprooted his family to work for the exporter Becky Wasserman in the heart of Burgundy. He loved the experience so that he opened his own negotiant house in the mid-90's. Now for the wine...

Pale straw with hue of green. In the nose, there are nuts, citrus, crushed stone, and vanilla. In the mouth it's medium bodied and ripe with a lovely frame of acidity that carries lengthens the finish. Clove, butterscotch, cirtus, and white flowers dominate the flavor profile. Overall it is fresh and ripe white Burg with a very likeable acidity that almost gives it some of that "tension" that I love in Burgundy. (postscript: hours later I noticed an oxidized note in the nose...a fault or stylistic difference??)