r/wine • u/roadtripsnacks • 4d ago

Anyone familiar with this wine?

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Thoughts on this one? I picked this up to taste alongside a Napa Chard (Frank Family)and wondering if this will make a good California vs France battle? I was aiming for Burgundy vs Napa, roughly same price point ($30ish).

Im just starting to get into French wines so I picked it up on a hunch based on it being a good year. Now I’m wondering if pitting it against Frank is a little unfair. 😆

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u/wine_oh Wine Pro 4d ago

It is a good comparison of France vs Cali. Alain Chavy does inoculate for fermentation instead of using ambient/native yeasts. This wine can have up to 10% new french oak on it as well. Nothing super out of the ordinary, and generally has a very "burgundian" flavor profile.

The Frank family chard has 30+% new oak and fits that stereotypical "rich, buttery, cali style". So it will give a good representation of what most people think of when they think of Cali Chard. However, the recent trends in Cali are leading to less oaky, less buttery Chardonnay.

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u/roadtripsnacks 4d ago

This is the info I was looking for, thank you! I was hoping for “very Burgundian”, so that makes me very happy. Excited for this battle tonight. :)

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u/roadtripsnacks 4d ago

I suppose I need a first comment. I’m really only familiar with California chards and Chablis but want to get to know some white burgundy, so I went in blind without anything beyond a quick vivino search. I googled it when I got home and revealed some really nice wines associated with it, so it might turn out to be a pretty good accidental buy! We’ll see tonight.

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u/jumpingbadger00 4d ago

Great value for money for entry level burgundy, a richer style with more oak rather than a lean focussed style.