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ProducerDomaine Arnaud Ente
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Vintage2017
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Grape VarietyChardonnay
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RegionBurgundy
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Sub RegionBourgogne
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SizeBottle
Domaine Arnaud Ente is one of the hottest wine properties in Mersault today and arguably Burgundy’s brightest rising star. Stylistically Arnaud’s wines lie somewhere between the rich, generous, hedonistic style of Dominique Lafon and the linear, precise, mineral, citrus character of Coche Dury.
During the 1990s Arnaud’s wines attracted a lot of attention for their opulent style, due to his preference to pick late for maximum ripeness. Since 2000 the wines have displayed a more complex, naturally acidic style with enhanced minerality, which reflects the move to a programme of earlier picking. His wines are now amongst the very finest in the village.
Arnaud and his wife, Marie-Odile, work primarily on their own to craft an exquisite range of micro-production white Burgundies from Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet. Precision, purity, elegance, and finesse are the best descriptors of the Ente style.
86-89 Points Allen Meadows
Here too there is a whiff of matchstick on the petrol, pear and more floral-suffused nose. There is a lovely inner mouth perfumed on the punchier medium weight flavors that possess slightly better depth and length on the balanced and moderately firm finish. This is a very good Bourgogne and worth checking out.
89+ Points Robert Parker Wine Advocate
The 2018 Bourgogne Blanc has also turned out very nicely, offering up aromas of citrus oil, crisp Anjou pear, white flowers, hazelnuts and blanched almonds. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and precise, it’s elegant and charming, with a delicate, fine-boned profile and a precise, mouthwatering finish. Like its Aligoté sibling, this is approachable today, though I suspect it has more to give with some bottle age.