Cyril Gautheron Frissons Chardonnay Burgundy 2017 Instantly enjoyable

$34.00

Frissons Chardonnay is like a micro Chablis. It combines mineral, tangy, green apple and creamy elements and offers you immediate enjoyment.

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The great Chill “Frisson” in French, came in 2016. I was there; it was devastating for the growers. But it also inspired some people. Cyril, for example, sourced Chardonnay from greater Burgundy and created the Frissons Chardonnay. He has continued to make the Frissons Chardonnay and I am glad. It is delicious. For me, Frissons Chardonnay is like a mini Chablis. A Petite Petit Chablis? Frissons Chardonnay combines mineral, tangy, green apple and creamy elements. Frissons Chardonnay offers you immediate enjoyment. There is a moderate level of complexity, but ultimately you’ll enjoy the crisp, fresh nature of the wine.

Drink Frissons Chardonnay from now and over summer. Pair it with some prawn, avocado and cucumber tarts.

All wine is eligible for at least 5% off any six bottles. And 10% off any 12 bottles. Some wines will be at a more significant discount and not subject to further discounts. 

Cyril Gautheron Frissons Chardonnay Burgundy 2017 Winemaker Notes

Beautiful pale white gold color with tender green reflections.

The nose is young and fresh. It expresses itself with vivacity in a bouquet of citrus fruits, acacia and delicate scents of flowers. 

The palate is frank, fresh and harmonious. There are aromas of flowers, lemon and fresh bread.”

The Cyril Gautheron winery sits in the village of Fleys to the east of Chablis on the right bank. The warmer sites here create ripe fruit flavours. Their production includes Petit Chablis, Chablis AC, and 8 Premier Cru vineyards. They also make the Frissons Chardonnay, which is a micro Chablis and well worth seeking out for value.

Burgundy

The classic part of Burgundy known as the Cote D’Or (the slope of gold) is essentially one vineyard that is 60km long and maybe 5km at its widest. From this limestone ridge, some of the most complex, long-lived and aromatic wines produced from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The Cistercian monks who owned the land codified the entire region, and so each small plot has a name.

Burgundy Wine Map

Chablis 

The Kimmeridgian soils that make Chablis taste like Chablis are evident in these wines. They have more definition of the region and more structure than a Petit Chablis. But without the fruit weight and intensity of the better sites. Great wines for drinking young or youngish.

chablis-wine-region-map

Chardonnay

The grape that you can plant anywhere, in any climate and do anything to and it will still taste like an OK wine. When people hit the sweet spot of site, climate, cropping and winemaking, Chardonnay becomes a magical wine that will age gracefully but charm you at any age. Chardonnays can range from cool-climate lean and citrusy to warmer climate tropical and overt. Oak and lees can add flavouring as can malolactic fermentation.

French Wine

The land that some many New World (not European) wine producers look to emulate. To generalise about French wine, I would say it is savoury, lighter-bodied wines. They are the definition of elegant, complex. There are many styles, though. And there is a French wine for every palate. They lead the world in Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in Burgundy. Sparkling Wine in Champagne. Cabernet and Merlot in Bordeaux. Syrah(Shiraz) and Grenache in the Rhone Valley. Riesling, Gewurztraminer, and Pinot Gris in Alsace. Sauvignon Blanc, and Chenin Blanc in the Loire Valley. Gamay in Beaujolais.

French Wine Regions 2

Wine

Wine is the result you get from fermented grape juice. There is proof of wine production dating back 8000 years ago. Fashions, innovations and many other factors have influenced the way wine has evolved over the years.

The wine grape is impressive. It contains everything you need to make grape wine except for the yeast, which lives on the outside of the skins.

Human inputs can influence the final product, including the viticulture (growing) choices. And the winemaker can shape the wine to a point too.

The best wines of the world often refer to terroir. Terroir is a French term that refers to all the climatic, geological and topographical influences on a specific piece of land. And it is true that neighbouring vineyards, grown identically, can taste noticeably different.

White Wine

It is interesting to know that you can make white wine from almost any grape. The colour comes from the skins, and if there is no contact, there is no colour. White wines tend to be delicate, perfumed, higher in acid and lower in alcohol. It seems for this and many other reasons, it is hard to make an incredibly impressive white wine. But those that have mastered the art are indeed some of the best winemakers in the world.

It is a falsehood to think that white wine does not age as well as red wine. But it is correct that white wine, as a rule, doesn’t age for as long.

The Wine Depository

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Cyril Gautheron Frissons Chardonnay 2017
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