In Bond per 6x75cl - On Allocation
"Neal Martin, Vinous.com 93 Points
The 2020 Saint-Aubin Clos de la Chatenière 1er Cru comes from steep limestone slopes and shows quite a bit of Coche reduction at the moment. But one can tell there is real tension and concentration here. The palate is tensile on the entry, freshly-sliced lime and tangy orange pith, fanning out with a sense of brio towards the finish. This is another classy offering from Olivier Lamy this vintage. Drinking Window: 2025 - 2042"
Olivier Lamy’s wines have a crystalline quality that really makes them stand apart. The impeccable winemaking and perfect balance of ripe acidity means these wines age very well. The domaine’s particularity is the high density at which they plant, including two plots of 30,000 vines per hectare, three times more than normal.
Allen Meadow, Burghound.com
The ever-innovative Olivier Lamy is in the process of adding administrative space and a tasting room to his operation in St. Aubin. He described 2020 as "being hot, dry and precocious as we began picking on the 22nd of August, and we were far from being the first! Yields were low, especially for the pinot as it clearly suffered more from the heat and drought than did the chardonnay, which seemed not to be especially stressed. For example, the yields were very low in pinot, in some cases basically single digits while the chardonnay came around 40 hl/ha. It's not often that you see quite that much difference between the two varieties. Not surprisingly given the conditions, this resulted in relatively high alcohols for the pinot but not the chardonnay. As to the wines, while the whites are not exactly classic, they retain good freshness and surprisingly good transparency to the underlying terroir. I think that they will make excellent old bones for those who enjoy cellaring their whites as the balance is just about perfect." I have to agree as there is several seriously good wines in the line-up.
