2018 | Domaine Arnaud Ente | Bourgogne Chardonnay

White Wine: 2018 | Domaine Arnaud Ente | Bourgogne Chardonnay

Arnaud Ente`s 2018 Bourgogne Blanc reflects the quality of the vintage, offering ripe fruit flavours and a good balance of acidity and richness.

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Producer: Domaine Arnaud Ente

Ratings: WA | 91 D | 93

Vintage: 2018

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Chardonnay

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

Arnaud Ente`s 2018 Bourgogne Blanc reflects the quality of the vintage, offering ripe fruit flavours and a good balance of acidity and richness.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2018 Bourgogne Blanc is a very promising bottling in the making, bursting with aromas of citrus oil, fresh pear, white flowers and hazelnuts. On the palate, it’s medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, with fine concentration, lively acids and a nicely defined finish.

• Decanter: Hard to beat as a generic white, even if the price is closer to that of a good village wine, this outstanding Bourgogne Blanc comes from three parcels – two in Puligny-Montrachet and one in Meursault – and is characteristically fresh, chiselled and refined, with the faintest whisper of oak, a touch of struck match and zesty acidity.

Producer Information

Domaine Arnaud Ente is one of the leading wine estates in Meursault, and in all of Burgundy. Previously known for their opulent style, Ente’s wines now combine richness with balanced acidity and minerality. The Ente family originally hail from Armentires, near Lille in northern France and on the border with Belgium. Arnaud Ente’s father, however, married into a Puligny-Montrachet family. Arnaud married Marie-Odile Thvenot in 1991 and the pair established what would become Domaine Arnaud Ente in Meursault the following year. In the 1990s, Ente gained a reputation for opulent wines, picking Chardonnay grapes at maximum ripeness. The estate dialled this back at around the turn of the century and the wines consequently show more acidity and freshness than initial offerings. Production is tiny, and comes from just four hectares (10 acres) of vines, which are divided across 10 parcels. Ente’s biggest holdings are in the village-level Meursault En L’Ormeau vineyard. This parcel is split into three based on the age of the vines, and grapes from the vineyard are used to make the generic Meursault, the Clos des Ambres, and the La Sve du Clos cuves. Arnaud Ente also makes a few premier cru wines from vineyards in Mersault (the domaine has 0.2 hectares/0.5 acres in Les Gouttes d’Or) and Puligny-Montrachet, where Ente farms another 0.2 hectares of the Premier Cru Les Referts. The estate’s red wine portfolio includes the Volnay Premier Cru Les Santenots, and Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire made from 100 percent Gamay, from vines planted in 1938. The top wines are fermented and spend their first year in older oak barrels, then are moved to tanks for around six months before bottling without fining or filtration. Aligot, Bourgogne Blanc and some regular Meursault wines are vinified in larger 600-liter barrels.