LES MATHENY 2020 ARBOIS CHARDONNAY

PRACTICING ORGANIC

Having worked ten years under the legendary Jacques Puffeney, Emeric Foleat shows his winemaking experince.Produced from vines averaging 50 years of age, the wine soars from the glass, a storm of ripe green apples, freshly blasted quarry, and musky honey. The palate is both firm and expansive, with a generous pinch of telltale Jurassic salt lengthening the complex, penetrating flavors of greengage and candied lemon. Emeric’s “partial sous-voile” approach shows in the wine’s gently oxidative edge—one that bows to the veil without making a virtue of it. For such a bold and assertive wine to remain so straightforwardly delicious is a difficult balancing act.