Description
Nicolas Potel is a bit of enigma. he is both Burgundy royalty (the son of the legendary Gerard Potel) and at the same time he’s been an iconoclast in his own career, always pushing the prevailing (and often entrenched) beliefs and methodologies of the day, so often being validated in ensuing years. In his winemaking and wine philosophy too, he is both revolutionary and conservative. Philosophically, he believes in making Burgundy that people can still afford to buy (he dropped his pricing back 10% in 2022 as the quantity returned to normal after a meagre 2021). Sacre bleu! That’s not the norm by any means in a region that has come into such stratospheric wealth over the past 60 years. There’s more than a few Gordon Geckos parading about the Cote.
Lovely honey and pear fruit, this is 90% Chardonnay and 10% Aligoté. The Aligoté brings a fresher lighter character to the wine, which is charmingly open and sweet fruited with a touch of nuttiness on the finish
