2023 Bourgogne Chardonnay, Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur

The 2023 Bourgogne Chardonnay has a perfumed nose with hints of yellow plum, a signature trait of the vintage. The palate is fresh and vibrant, with a lovely, slightly creamy texture and hints of praline on the finish. This is a very able Bourgogne Blanc.

“We started picking on September 2 with the whites and finished on September 10,” François Bitouzet-Prieur tells me at the winery on the industrial estate outside Meursault, where you will find Henri Boillot and Vincent Girardin. “The malolactic was late for the reds,” he tells me, “…the Volnay Cailleret has not yet been completed. The reds are fully destemmed, and we finished racking them last week. They will be bottled in late February or early March. The alcohol levels are between 12.5% to 13.0% for the whites and 12.8% to 13.4% for the reds.”

Drink 2025 - 2030

Pale lemon colour, not much in evidence yet on the nose, the fruit builds the further back you go on the palate, to display good energy right at the back, enough acidity to infuse the white fruit with a light oaky element.

Drink 2026 - 2028