Description

Domaine Drouhin
Oregon
Arthur Chardonnay

 

 

DESCRIPTION: (V’24)

• • The 2024 Chardonnay Arthur was hand-picked into small totes and whole-cluster pressed before fermenting entirely in French Oak barrels, most of them neutral.

  • This gentle approach reveals the natural texture and complexity of the fruit.

  • As the vines approach 30 years of age, they bring added depth and refinement, allowing Véronique to create a Chardonnay of delicate balance and graceful purity.

GRAPE VARIETY:

• • 100% Chardonnay

FOOD PAIRINGS:

• • Pair with shellfish and ripe cheese.

2024 Vintage:

• • A cool spring in 2024 delayed the start of the growing season, but warm, dry conditions through summer and fall created the perfect setting for an exceptional vintage.

  • The fruit ripened beautifully, with pristine acidity and minimal disease pressure.

  • Véronique already sees 2024 as a remarkable year, defined by vibrancy and balance.

Véronique’s Tasting Notes:

• • A classic Arthur, the 2024 vintage opens with youthful energy and refinement, and a kaleidoscopic nose of Anjou pear, green apple, lime zest, vanilla bean and wet stone.

  • On the palate, crisp orchard fruit gives way to richer tones of lemon curd, caramelized apple sea salt and minerality.

  • Built on an elegant, medium-bodied frame, the finish is long, balanced, and distinguished.

Wine Spectator
94 Points

 Offering an alluring texture and elegant structure, this white shows rich and detailed flavors of baked apple, pear, cinnamon and other spices that build richness on the polished finish. Drink now.

James Suckling
93 Points

Loads of fresh orchard fruit, baking spices, vanilla bean and wildflowers on the nose. The palate is fresh, flavorful and mouth-filling, with bright, tart acidity and a taut structure. Approachable, balanced and vibrant, this light- to medium-bodied wine aims to please. Drink or hold.

John Gilman
93 Points

The 2024 Chardonnay “Cuvée Arthur” bottling from Domaine Drouhin is a lovely young example of this fine vintage. The wine comes in at 14.1 percent octane in this vintage and twenty percent of the cuvée was raised solely in stainless steel this year, to augment the eighty percent raised in casks. The wine delivers a youthful aromatic constellation of pear, green apple, almond, dried flowers, a fine base of soil and a gentle framing of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is crisp, full-bodied and nascently complex, with a beautiful core of fruit, excellent soil signature, zesty acids and impeccable balance on the long, focused and vibrant finish.

 

 

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