| Domaine: |
Chandon de Briailles |
| Varieties, vine age: |
chardonnay |
| Soil, vine location: | a well-situated cru, facing Corton Charlemagne |
| Wine-making: | reasonable wine culture, moderate yields |
| Wine-storing: | 18 months in casks (1/3 new oak) |
| Colour, bouquet: | toasty fragrances |
| Taste: | a fat and fairly long wine finishing on mineral notes |
| Conclusion: | rather more of a delicious wine than complex wine for the moment |
| Peak, ageing: | to be reviewed again in 2 years, although very pleasant already |
| Accompaning dish: | cod with white mushroom sauce ("à la Parisienne"), very nice match |
| Date of tasting: | September 1999 |
Pernand-Vergelesses 1er cru blanc Ile des Vergelesses 1994