Pelican, Arbois Grand Curoulet Chardonnay Vintage:2018 intense and impressively scaled flavors

intense and impressively scaled flavors that possess fine richness as well as a touch of mocha on the palate coating finish

8ha vineyard was planted in 2001

just slightly oaky and leathery nose with its tobacco and sweet red fruit and plum-skin aromas

This too is attractively fresh and bright with a notably more complex range of earth

Pelican, Arbois Grand Curoulet Chardonnay Vintage:2018 intense and impressively scaled flavorsThe bottled 2018 Arbois Chardonnay Grand Courolet comes from a plot that used to belong to Robert Aviet. The wine has a spicy nose with balsamic notes of aromatic herbs, medicinal and toasty, quite showy, like it might have had the effect of some yeasts, as it sometimes makes me feel like there are some notes reminiscent of a Vin Jaune. It's a bit peaty and smoky, round and ripe and with integrated acidity.