Stephen Brook | Lean citrus nose, yet aromatic and lifted. Juicy attack, fruit-forward, with sufficient if not exceptional acidity. Certainly a good and imposing mouthful of fruit, with a piquant character that adds cut and complexity. Plenty of energy here. This is persuasive, refreshing, and long. | 90

Andrew Jefford | Steel gold-white in color. This is very planty and vegetal to smell, and almost exotically so, as if there was a little rose among the crushed stems, and a little passion fruit, too. A ripe wine, but let’s see if the style is duplicated among the other Chêne Marchand wines. I also wonder if a selected yeast has any role in these aromas, but let’s hope not. On the palate, this is just a little bit short and bitter-edged, plus those exotic passion fruit/rose notes—a character, and maybe even an outlier? But lots of character, and you can’t ignore it. | 84

Stephan Reinhardt | This offers an intense, deep, pure, and elegant nose, with ripe fruit aromas and complex élevage notes. On the palate, this is a very crunchy and mineral Sancerre, with an intense and powerful fruit (passion fruit, white peaches), as well as a refreshing vitality and grippy tannin. Great structure and aging potential here. Very firm and full of tension. Keep it ideally until 2020/21 before you start drinking it. | 94