Tasting Notes - Verget 'Grand Elevage' Macon Villages 2005

Region: Maconnaiser (Burgundy)
Appellation: Macon Villages

First Night: Seemed a bit all over the place. Not a typical Burgundian chardonnay as the fruit was quite zippy and lifted. Plenty of acid kept the palate very lively but probably disjointed the wine a touch. Fruit is quite fresh and perhaps in the tropical fruit salad spectrum but there are some stinky, funky notes underpinning the flavours. Might be a touch young and perhaps consuming into 2009 may be the right approach.

Second Night: acid settled considerably and let the wine speak more clearly. Good balance with appropriate lift from the acid. I know the house seeks to produce cleaner fruit profile than typical Burgundy but whilst this wine is very sound the fruit is relatively one-dimensional and upfront. I could have drunk a similar Australian wine for $10 per bottle less.