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Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - Retasted 8/21/18. Again, intense peach/pear fruit stands out, leading one to think viognier, not Mâcon chardonnay. But it's a really nice wine. Very enjoyable, especially for the price.

Retasted 3/10/18 — I have sampled this wine (imported by Votto Vines) several times, and it has finally dawned on me that it tastes more like a Viognier than Mâcon chardonnay. It's a nice wine but hardly indicative of Mâcon. Not sure what's going on here, but I plan to do a little sleuthing to find out.

1st impression — 6/7/2017 — Domaine Chêne produces some of my favorite "little" Mâcons. Pale gold with a surprisingly fruity nose of Viognier-like melon. Young, undeveloped flavors at first, but with air a nice creamy feel emerges due to the malolactic. Needs time. Interesting to taste this after having sampled an '11 Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet the night before. Same grape from different areas and both enjoyable in their own unique ways. But is the price difference worth it? It depends upon whether one drinks wine or labels....

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