Sylvain Morey Echo Chardonnay Vaucluse IGP 2022

Close your eyes, taste this wine, and you will be certain that you are drinking a very good Bourgogne Blanc, or even a Village wine most likely from somewhere near the famed vineyards of Chassagne Montrachet.

Open them and you realize this may be one of the best values in Chardonnay we have ever offered, at least now in the days of $50+ Bourgogne Blanc from top growers like Sylvain Morey! You'll be even more surprised that it comes from vineyards some 450 km to the south of Beaune, in the Vaucluse region of France.

We offered the 2021 of this amazing wine back in April and it immediately sold out. Impromptu tasting with a few wine loving regulars at the bar last night confirmed that the 2022 encore performance from Sylvain is every bit as delicious! If you love great white Burgundy, but not the price, you will love this wine! Don't delay, grab it before it disappears!

So why is this so good? Start with legendary winemaker Sylvain Morey of the famous Morey clan. With generations of winemaking in the family tree, this is not a guy whose talents are to be taken lightly. His Chassagne Caillerets 1er Cru will set you back about $150 per bottle, his Saint Aubins are in the $90s.

But back in 2002, looking outside of the Burgundy region (no vineyard available, price of land outrageously high, famous father firmly ensconced in running the family winery) he set out to create his own path in the wine biz.

What he found was a spectacular property in the hills of the Luberon National Park in the south of France. Here he pieced together a patchwork of parcels planted to 14 different varieties and scattered throughout the region. They are at about 400-450 m above sea level, with cooler temperatures compared with other parts of Provence and the Southern Rhone. The result, as you will see in this amazing wine, are racy and exciting white wines, that coupled with his Burgundian background, will leave you stunned at the quality.