Ludes 1er Cru Les Beaux Regards

Profound and generous while staying mineral and vinous - a rare combination. Peanut butter, marzipan, iodine (lots of it, like mineral water from the Carpathians), sweet spices, lemon curd, flowers, tartness. Intense and racy with rounded length. The balance here is wonderful - tarragon, bitter herbs, that chalky mid-slope Ludes character coming through clearly. This tastes expensive in the best way: complex without trying, delicious without compromise.

This Chardonnay is truly remarkable. It's both profound and generous while maintaining a mineral and vinous character. The intriguing aromas of peanut butter, cheese popcorn, iodine, sweet spices, lemon candy, flowers, and tart make it irresistibly alluring. It presents itself with intensity and rounded length, offering a racy and delicious complexity. The balance is nearly perfect, requiring no effort to unravel its charms---it graciously offers itself up, ready to be savoured.