2021 Domaine de Baronarques, Blanc, Limoux, Languedoc

Always a successful Chardonnay, with the grip and tension that can be teased out of the grape at these high altitudes in the Limoux region. For the first time this year there is an addition of 5% Chenin Blanc, giving an edge of lime blossom. Good quality, tiwst of fennel, bitter almond and honeysuckle flowers. Good length, enjoyable wine. Has lift and plenty of drawn out flavours. Fabrice Boullier winemaker, Augustin Deschamps director. 43ha estate.Drink 2023-2030jane_anson_mw, janeanson_com (August 2023)

Creamy, rich and yet wonderfully pure, focused and precise. Quite floral and delicate at first on the nose with a salivating salinity and freshness. Everything about this is crystalline. Very pure. Very fine. The most vertical in its aromatic presentation of this little flight of vintages. This has a glorious shape and evolution across the palate in the mouth. Tighter and tenser from the start than the 2020, the freshness incorporated throughout rather than welling up from below. Very structured. A brilliantly gracious wine of great freshness – dense, like the 2020, but more compact, taut and tense. Incredibly long and incredibly linear … tapering in steps towards the finish (like descending a long mountain staircase). The finish is so dynamic and lively – one senses the health of the vineyard. The best Domaine de Baronarques I have ever tasted.Colin Hay, The Drinks Business

Peaches and melons with zesty lemon and flowers, such as honeysuckle. Full, yet so vivid, bright and minerally. Drink now.james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (August 2023)??