Grape Variety: chardonnay
Region: Burgundy, France
Food pairing: Pan-seared Chilean sea bass with mushrooms and Marsala wine
Chosen By: Thomas McGarry, Assistant Manager, Bernardsville and Wayne
Thomas McGarry is one of our resident Francophiles. The only thing he loves more than pronouncing the appellations of Burgundy is drinking the wines that hail from there. So when I set
him loose to choose a white wine for this month's Reserve Club, it was no surprise that he came back to me grinning, bottle and glass of golden Montagny 1er Cru in hand, and said, "Taste it." The wine was terrific...but it needed to fit the price range for the Reserve Club. To my great surprise, it did. A Premier Cru at this price is nearly unheard of, but leave it to Thomas to sniff it out. "In trying a number of 2007 white Burgundies," Thomas says, "this wine floored me with its rich complexity and poetic balance. It's floral, with scents of apple, hazelnut, a kiss of honey...and it has depth and richness with a zesty, mineral finish." His kind of wine and, we hope, yours.
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