{"product_id":"pre-arrival-2024-fontaine-gagnard-chassagne-montrachet-1er-cru-les-vergers-750ml-bottle","title":"PRE ARRIVAL 2024 Fontaine-Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Vergers' 750ml Bottle","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 130%;\"\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom a 0.71ha parcel of old vines planted in 1972. This is one of the best Vergers from FG that I have tasted as a young wine.  As Celine says the “lees was fantastic, so we used almost all of it in the barrels, and the style is a little more reductive.” It's very deep and dense, classy and long with perfect oak balance (about 30% new oak).  This great 1er Cru is just 400mt SW of Montrachet itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The 2024 Chassagne-Montrachet Vergers 1er Cru has an expressive nose with walnut and light fumé scents filtering through the citrus fruit. Good intensity. The palate has a subtle reduction on the entry, good intensity, more citrus driven than the Clos des Murées with a sorbet-fresh finish that leaves a dab of ginger on the aftertaste. Excellent.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e92 points - Neal Martin, Vinous\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"This is suffering from post-bottling reduction and is presently unreadable. More interesting are the fresh, vibrant and succulent middle weight flavors that possess very good power on the equally clean, dry and citrus-suffused finale. This definitely needs better depth though so plan on at least a few years of keeping.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e90 points - Allen Meadows, Burghound\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 130%;\"\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heart \u0026 Soil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44250464059572,"sku":null,"price":253.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/FontaineGagnardChassasgne1erVergers.jpg?v=1689148733","url":"https:\/\/randalls.net.au\/products\/pre-arrival-2024-fontaine-gagnard-chassagne-montrachet-1er-cru-les-vergers-750ml-bottle","provider":"Randall's Fine Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}