Structure
Drinking window
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
In the glass
Aroma: vanilla
Palate: mango, pear, white peach, lime
Styled deliberately to show cool climate character, with no oak and none of the heavy buttery notes Chardonnay often carries. Fruit from the Marlpit vineyard's Jurassic clay bed lends minerality, and the palate runs to pear, baked apple, white peach and lime.
What it pairs with
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Grilled Rye Bay plaice
An unoaked, mineral Chardonnay is right for a simply grilled local flat fish. -
Chicken salad
Pear and lime keep a light main course fresh. -
Fresh goat cheese
High acidity and no oak meet lactic tang cleanly.
Facts
- Producer
- Charles Palmer Vineyards · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Chardonnay
- Oak
- Made with no oak, from Chardonnay grown in the vineyard's Marlpit plot on a Jurassic clay bed
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- GBP 24 at the cellar door
- Drinking window
- 0-5 from vintage
Frequently asked about Charles Palmer Still White Chardonnay
Is Charles Palmer Still Chardonnay oaked?
No. The vineyard makes it with no oak, deliberately avoiding the strong buttery notes often found in Chardonnay.
Where does the fruit come from?
The Marlpit vineyard, whose Jurassic clay bed the producer credits for the wine's minerality.
What does Charles Palmer Still Chardonnay taste like?
Vanilla on the nose and mango on the palate with a dry finish in one vintage, pear, baked apple and white peach with lime aromas in another, always fresh and vibrant rather than buttery.