Domaine, Heitz-Lochardet Vintage:2022 This bottle of the 1996

This bottle of the 1996 is simply moving in its beauty

Chardonnay is from Cramant

which is ripe and rounded

An intensely earthy yet elegant red berry fruit nose trimmed in an appealing touch of minerality that continues onto the delicious

The 2013 vintage is characterized by a slightly more streamlined mouthfeel (which isn't saying much given the baseline enormity of these wines) with carefully etched aromas of black cherry

Domaine, Heitz-Lochardet Vintage:2022 This bottle of the 1996(from Le Petit Clos). A fresher combination is comprised by notes of mostly white orchard fruit laced with hints of rosemary oil and lemon rind. There is a lovely sense of energy to the notably rich and tension filled larger scaled flavors that possess very good mid palate volume before concluding in a lingering if mildly warm finale. This should benefit from a few years of cellaring in order to develop a bit more overall depth.