91 John Gilman - View from the Cellar

"Clearly, François Chidaine was quite strict with his selection process in 2011, as his production was down thirty to thirty-five percent and what he has produced in this vintage is really quite impressive. The 2011 les Argiles (which includes some fruit from the Le Haut Lieu vineyard of Domaine Huët fame) is excellent, delivering a fine bouquet of apple, peach, lanolin, a touch of honeycomb, a fine base of soil and a bit of upper register citrus peel. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, crisp and complex, with an impressive core of fruit, again, a very wide open personality that invites immediate drinking, a good spine of acidity and very good grip on the long finish. This is really a very fine result in the difficult vintage of 2011. 2013-2023+."