We recently drank this 2013 Javillier Bourgogne des Forgets. Although it is a regional wine, the fruit comes from Meursault, Burgundy! The color was very pale light yellow, the nose was clean and aromatic of honey and citrus and the flavor was crisp with a touch of well integrated oak. We surmised that this wine must have been oak barrel fermented because although the oak was present, it had become an integral flavor of the wine. Don't you sometimes drink a wine and taste a mouthful of splinters? This was definitely NOT like that.
We had the wine with a soft Brillat Savarin cheese, a typical cheese that goes with sparkling wines, but paired surprisingly well with this Chardonnay. We also had an aged Manchego and this hard cheese was also a good pairing for the Chardonnay. The wine sells for just a little over $20.00 and makes it a very good value.
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