2022 Au Bon Climat "Nuits-Blanches au Bouge" Santa Maria Valley Chardonnay
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Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2022 Chardonnay Nuits-Blanches Au Bouge is 100% Chardonnay that was aged 18 months in 100% new French oak. Slightly more perfumed and exotic, it offers notes of lemon curd, honeyed flowers, and orange blossom. Medium-bodied on the palate, with a pure, focused, and racy mouthfeel, it delivers nicely integrated oak and outstanding length. This is another impressive Chardonnay from this team. Drink 2025-2035.
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James Suckling
Plush texture is seamed with crunchy minerals. This threads the needle between ripe preserved lemons and apple fritters with vivid acidity and lime blossoms. Lingering. Drink or hold.
92
Wine Advocate
A barrel-selection blend based around Bien Nacido, the 2022 Chardonnay Nuits-Blanches au Bouge deftly balances a full-throttled core with equal measure of drive and vibrancy. Opening with a lifted bouquet of fennel, pastry cream and macadamia nuts with a stone-fruited core, the palate is broad and punchy before concluding with a sappy, pure and saline finish.
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Vinous
The 2022 Chardonnay Nuits-Blanches au Bouge is zippy and lively, with a notable spine of propulsive acids and mouthwatering salinity. There's also ample weight and suppleness to counter that vibrancy. Toasted hazelnut, bread dough, chamomile and yellow apple broaden in the glass, but this one keeps skipping along, framed on the finish by tight phenolics and palpable grip.
Product Details
Origin: Santa Maria/Santa Barbara, California, United States
Type/Varietal: Chardonnay
SKU: #1870984