Chateau Haut-Vigneau Pessac Leognan Blanc 2022 SF Chronicle - Past Pick It's 50% direct press chardonnay

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Serious Chardonnay at a friendly price — exactly what the Côte Chalonnaise does best

This is brilliant

Seth Morgen Long started making wine in 2014 with a singular vision: site-sensitive Chardonnay from the Willamette Valley's finest vineyards

launched with the 2017 vintage after the Cazes family of Lynch-Bages took over the estate in 2017

Chateau Haut-Vigneau Pessac Leognan Blanc 2022 SF Chronicle - Past Pick It's 50% direct press chardonnayHaut Vigneau is a smaller Pessac Leognan property created in the late 1980s and managed by Eric Perrin, who also runs the better known Carbonnieux. It's a value tier white in an appellation where dry whites can climb fast in price. The 2022 blanc is barrel aged Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon fresh and zippy on the attack, with a honeyed weight on the mid palate that hints at the oak. A good introduction to white Pessac without the First Growth price tag.