Chardonnay
Best known in Burgundy, Champagne, California
The world's most versatile white grape. Crisp, mineral and citrusy in cool places like Chablis; rich, creamy and toasty when oak-aged in warmer spots. It is also a key grape in Champagne.
Jacques BavardBurgundy, France
Jacques Bavard Meursault En Pre de Manche 2024
£85.0075cl
Why you'll love it
From a rising Côte de Beaune name, this wine comes from prime Meursault terroir. Aged for 13 months with 50% new oak and minimal filtration, it offers classic Chardonnay depth and finesse.
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- CountryFrance
- RegionBurgundy
- GrapeChardonnay
- StyleDry & medium
- Vintage2024
- Alcohol13.2%
- Organic
- Biodynamic
What it tastes like
Pale golden with aromas of almond, white flowers and citrus peel. The palate is silky and rich, combining stone fruits and hazelnut notes with a lively, mineral finish.
Light
Full
Lovely with
- LobsterGrilled lobster · Thermidor · Lobster roll
- Meaty fishMonkfish · Turbot · Swordfish steaks
- ScallopsSeared scallops · Pea purée · Black pudding
- RisottoMushroom · Seafood · Spring vegetable
Excellent with lobster in butter sauce, seared scallops, truffle risotto or aged Comté.
The grape
Where it's from
Burgundy
France
The spiritual home of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Burgundy's genius is its obsession with place — every vineyard classified, every nuance of soil and slope mapped and celebrated. Wines of extraordinary elegance, often infuriating scarcity, and occasionally life-changing quality.
Meet the producer
Jacques Bavard
Burgundy, France
The Bavard family tree goes back to 1870 in Puligny-Montrachet. Four generations later, Jacques left Paris and returned to his roots there. Love Wine stocks his Meursault En Pré de Manche and a Bourgogne Blanc.
More from Jacques Bavard →The story behind it
- The Bavard family tree extends back to 1870 in Puligny-Montrachet. . Four generations later, Jacques Bavard returned to his roots when he left Paris to settle in Puligny-Montrachet. This wine comes from a parcel in the “Pré de Manche” climat—rich limestone-clay soils in the northern part of Meursault—vinified traditionally for balance and elegance.
If you like these, you'll love this: Ideal if you enjoy top-tier Chardonnays from the Côte de Beaune, like those from Puligny or Chassagne, or other refined whites from Burgundy.
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Delivery & collection
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