Chardonnay Domaine Philippe le Hardi 2018 Chassagne Montrachet

From a great year for whites, this outstanding Chardonnay is a standout. Ripe, honeyed stone fruit with hints of grilled nuts, broad-textured with typical minerality rounding out this classy white. The grapes are gently pressed pneumatically and after settling and an initial racking from solids the fermentation occurs in French oak barrels, followed by maturation on lees for 12 months with occasional batonnage.