Resonance Chardonnay Willamette Valley 2023 (750ML)

Résonance joins Maison Louis Jadot's winemaking to Willamette Valley fruit, and winemaker Guillaume Large spent more than a decade working with Jadot's Jacques Lardière before moving from Burgundy to Oregon. This 100% Chardonnay draws on the estate's Résonance, Découverte and Home Ranch vineyards plus other Willamette sites. The 2023 season opened cold and wet, with snow in February and March and slow growth after budbreak in early May; warm, dry weather from mid-May brought quick flowering in mid-June, and cooler nights from late August kept acidity intact. Fermentation took place in French oak and concrete eggs, followed by 16 months split among barrels (20% new), steel tanks and egg. Bright gold, it offers jasmine, white peach and a hint of fresh brioche, and the palate is taut, lively and finely drawn. Serve it with roast chicken, seared scallops or halibut in beurre blanc.