Bright yellow. Tangy aromas of mandarin orange, lemon zest and wet stone. More pliant than the Sursis, and showing gentle sweetness to its vineyard peach flavor, this Chardonnay is a from a selection of Tissot’s oldest vines planted here on pure chalk in 2002. Despite the young age of the vines, this is the estate’s most expensive single-vineyard bottling. The 2012 finishes fresh and long, with an enticing mineral underpinning. (JP)