As featured in last weekend’s The Times, Jane MacQuitty reports on why English Chardonnay is giving Burgundy a run for its money, featuring Blackbook Winery’s 2023 Painter of Light Chardonnay and the 2020 Painter of Light Reserve Chardonnay.
2023 Painter of Light Chardonnay, Essex: £30.00
“Still my favourite English chardonnay, with lashings of rich, flinty, French oak-aged toasted hazelnut elegance.”
2020 Painter of Light Reserve Chardonnay, Essex: £37.50
“Judge for yourself by scooping up Blackbook’s 2020 Painter of Light Reserve Chardonnay, aged for four years in barrel from the same Clayhill Vineyard in Crouch Valley as the best buy, with dazzling, rich, creamy, toasted walnut fruit.”
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