- Dry
- Residual Sugar: 2 g/l
- Medium Bodied
- 750ml
- 13.5% alc./vol
Press Reviews
Wine Align - Michael Godel
93 points
Les Charmes Dessus is to be found as the flats sprawl abutting the hills of the lieu-dit Charmes Dessus on one side and the Premier Cru Clos Rousseau on the other. Young 16 year-old Santenay vines grown in calcareous terroir to properly represent southerly Beaune. A wee bit of noble rot (two per cent, on average), adds mystique and exoticism for Bourgogne chardonnay and in 2020 there is again a discernible honeyed to mango note. Aging in 600L demi-muid barrels slowly brings about micro-oxygenation for one of Potel’s and Bourgogne’s most unique expressions of chardonnay. The type of tang is so very blood citrus but orange is not a colour that comes to mind. Sanguine of stone, bled through terroir, chanced upon a place that breathes just this way. Drink 2022-2026. Tasted May 2022.