I have been hearing & reading many good things about Herr Huber's Spatburgunder, it seems that even across the Atlantic in the U.S. quite a few wine blogs & on-line wine magazines have been praising & appreciating his elegant, rich & structured Spatburgunders.
So reading about his Chardonnay R is quite interesting, it seems to be at a halfway point between classic Chablis & the rich, creamy butter Chardonnays that you often find from the New World.
I had an interesting Chardonnay from Markgraferland in 2013; a Zafiringer EcoVin '04 trocken. At the time i was sort of an ABC in regards to Chardonnay; but this bottle changed my mind. As it was a well made wine which expressed both the cultivar & the terrior.
Since then I have drunk a Premier Cru Chablis and other Chardonnays, & yesterday in my WSET Level 2 course we had a Puligny- Montrachet 1er Cru which was quite a treat. We also had a Chablis, i think Villages level which was pretty good; our last Chardonnay was from the Adelaide Hills, South Australia which was a good balance between expressing the fruit & well integrated oak.
Next time I am back home in Baden I will try to search out the 'R' Chardonnay and set what its like. Would you know its retail price by any chance?
Keep up the writing, its always an enjoyable read. :-)
The many nuances & faces of Chardonnay
I have been hearing & reading many good things about Herr Huber's Spatburgunder, it seems that even across the Atlantic in the U.S. quite a few wine blogs & on-line wine magazines have been praising & appreciating his elegant, rich & structured Spatburgunders.
So reading about his Chardonnay R is quite interesting, it seems to be at a halfway point between classic Chablis & the rich, creamy butter Chardonnays that you often find from the New World.
I had an interesting Chardonnay from Markgraferland in 2013; a Zafiringer EcoVin '04 trocken. At the time i was sort of an ABC in regards to Chardonnay; but this bottle changed my mind. As it was a well made wine which expressed both the cultivar & the terrior.
Since then I have drunk a Premier Cru Chablis and other Chardonnays, & yesterday in my WSET Level 2 course we had a Puligny- Montrachet 1er Cru which was quite a treat. We also had a Chablis, i think Villages level which was pretty good; our last Chardonnay was from the Adelaide Hills, South Australia which was a good balance between expressing the fruit & well integrated oak.
Next time I am back home in Baden I will try to search out the 'R' Chardonnay and set what its like. Would you know its retail price by any chance?
Keep up the writing, its always an enjoyable read. :-)
Solomon Mengeu