2023 Granjoux Chardonnay Reviews
JUNE 2025 | BY TOM KLINE, JASPER MORRIS, INSIDE BURGUNDY
"This is a real grower in the glass. Bacon fat and cedar make way for lifted tarragon and lavender before fruit notes push through in the form of white peach and dried pineapple with some savoury hazelnut beneath. There's a saline preserved citrus note that emerges with time in the glass adding some attractive bitter and savoury edge. It's a unique aromatic profile given the oak, floral, fruit and nut mix making for an intriguing introduction. The palate feels quite tight and unyielding at this early phase of its life. Lemon juice and pith, hazelnut, just ripe white peach, pineapple husk, hints of tarragon, a glimmer of praline, preserved lime. All of this before some tight chalky phenolics and tangy, zest acidity constrict the mouth and pull it all to remarkably long length. There's a journey to this wine that started with a sense of uncertainty and ended with firm stamp of approval. A unique, confident and supremely exciting. Beechworth Chardonnay expression. Time in cellar will reward." Drink: 2026 – 2038.
Awarded 95 points.