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Nicolas Jay Affinites Chardonnay 2022 750ml
Nicolas Jay Affinites Chardonnay 2022 750ml
USA : OREGON : WILLAMETTE VALLEY
ORGANIC : Chardonnay
MED-BODIED, LEMON CURD, WET STONE, CITRUS BLOSSOM, WHITE PEACH, 25% NEW OAK
Affinités — "the relationship and connection between different elements" — blends three Willamette Valley sites: Bishop Creek in Yamhill-Carlton and Spirit Hill and Von Oehsen in the Eola-Amity Hills, with vines between 19 and 25 years old. Fermented in barrel with native yeast and aged 13 months on 25% new French oak.
The 2022 was the valley's latest harvest on record — an April frost pushed budbreak back, and extended cool hang time through October produced the kind of mineral precision and saline acidity that Jean-Nicolas Méo compares to the southern Côte de Beaune. Decanter 95 pts. Wine Anorak 95 pts.
PAIRINGS :
| Roast chicken with herbs and pan jus | the wine's toasted grain and orchard fruit anchors in savory poultry fat |
| Dungeness crab with drawn butter and lemon | the saline mineral throughline amplifies the briny sweetness |
| Seared scallops with cauliflower purée | texture and subtle oak match the cream and char |
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