Today the 13 hectare Domaine des Ardoisieres is in the capable hands of Brice Ormont, a Champagne native who has found his calling in the breathtaking terroir of the Savoie, where the vines sit on steep, terraced slopes at the foot of Mont Blanc. The extreme setting and growing conditions provide for some miraculous wines that we can't seem to get enough of. Their importer likens drinking these wines to andldquo;tasting freshly squeezed juice running off a glacierandrdquo; and that's about as accurate a description as we've come across. The wines have a freshness and clarity married to a drive, complexity and intensity that is unreservedly world class. Argileandnbsp;Blanc comes from west facing 40-year-old vines ofandnbsp;Jacquere, Chardonnay andandnbsp;Mondeuseandnbsp;Blanche. This is aged for 9 months in 1/3 oldandnbsp;barriquesandnbsp;and 2/3 in tank. The wine is bright, flinty, nervy and intensely mineral. Think top quality Chablis with a bit more texture.
Maxence Guilluy
Honey wax, fresh, mineral
Honey wax, fresh, mineral
8.5Brian Szluk
Yellow apple, green apple, lemon, also some savory qualities and super high acid. Still scratching my head on this one.
Yellow apple, green apple, lemon, also some savory qualities and super high acid. Still scratching my head on this one.
9.1Sean Genn
Bright and Delicious. Lemon, slightly underripe pineapple and wet stones. Great summer white.
Bright and Delicious. Lemon, slightly underripe pineapple and wet stones. Great summer white.
9.2Peter Monteleone
Sales & Marketing Martine's Wines
Yes and yes.
Yes and yes.
9.1Ryan Brazell
Rise Over Run
Man, these wines are brilliant.
Man, these wines are brilliant.
9.3Garrett Pierce
Sales Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant
Alive and showing its Alpine raciness.
Alive and showing its Alpine raciness.
E & K G
Energetic white! Need to give It some time if you the tension and energy I. The bottle.
Energetic white! Need to give It some time if you the tension and energy I. The bottle.
9.0Scot McIntosh
Perfect on a hot day.
Perfect on a hot day.
9.1Olivier Huguenin
C’est très bon, belle fraîcheur, sur des fruits jaunes, un peu de pomme, de miel. Ça passe bien à la montagne
C’est très bon, belle fraîcheur, sur des fruits jaunes, un peu de pomme, de miel. Ça passe bien à la montagne
8.8Raj Harb
Grassy / cool / slightly bitter rind
Grassy / cool / slightly bitter rind
8.9Location
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