Burghound: A ripe and admirably pure nose of various orchard fruits and tidal pool hints that can also be found on the big, rich and broad-shouldered flavors that display an overt muscul...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Strong smoky oak on the nose. Fat, sweet, ripe and full, with plenty of oak influence to the flavors of of lemon, quinine and menthol. Vary large-scaled, glyceral Clos with ...

Jancis Robinson: Quite like Chenevottes, just a bit higher and a bit more clayey. 50 m higher. Ripens about a week later than Chenevottes. Broad and pretty and sweet and a bit more reserved th...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale green-yellow. Lovely purity and lift to the aromas of grapefruit and lime. Fat, sweet and surprisingly supple for grand cru but showing more texture than personality to...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Chardonnay Bacigalupi Vineyard, from old Wente clones, is a gorgeous wine graced with exquisite textural depth and elegance. It boasts tons of richness in its sensual...

Wine Enthusiast: Hugely rich wine, retaining its tense textured character while reveling in white fruit ripeness. Concentrated, with the wood acidity and spice mingling with the fruit acidity,...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chenevottes comes across as beautifully, layered, textured and supple. It possesses excellent freshness and overall harmony for the year. Whi...

Wine Spectator: Though rich and luscious, this white is also complex, displaying apple, peach, lemon, spice and savory mineral flavors. There's a little oak that needs to be resolved, but thi...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chaumees is an attractive wine laced with expressive fruit. It fills out nicely in the glass as the layers of fruit blossom and the wine gain...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (from 80-year-old vines): Very closed nose hints at toast and resiny oak. Fatter, sweeter and oilier than the Pucelles but less floral and perfumed. Impressively chewy and ...

Wine Enthusiast: Soft and rich, with ripe fruit flavors, this is warm and opulent. Packed with notes of spice and toast, the ripe peach flavor is layered into the fine, elegant structure. Agin...

Wine Enthusiast: Opulent and very minerally, this is deeply flavored and concentrated, with a lively, crisp edge. It's fruity while also having a textured finish that shows a structured, age-w...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright yellow. Restrained but pure aromas of flowers, clove and smoke. Chewy and nicely filled in on the palate, combining good texture and energy. Shows the ripe yellow fr...

Wine Enthusiast: A signature wine for Girardin, this is powerful and rich, with apricot, quince and green plum fruits that are layered within the taut texture. A toast note rounds out this com...

About this Wine: Located on the river bench of Sonoma County's Russian River Valley, this hillside vineyard benefits from ideal conditions for the Chardonnay vines.  The cuttings came fro...

Wine Spectator: Brisk and elegant, featuring high-register herb, citrus and vinous waxy, honeyed, mature white Burgundy flavors of nut and mineral. Beautifully balanced, with a lacy finish. D...