This is a ripe, rustic and young wine. Unlike the Pouilly-Fuissé from Domaine Thibert Père & Fils, which requires aging, Sangouard’s Pouilly-Fuissé is ready to drink right now!

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  Deborah Adeyanju

  Butter, hay, bright lemon, smoke, and flint meld on a youthful nose. Light-bodied, with lively, lemony acidity, stony minerality, and a lengthy finish. Vibrant and refreshing. Finely tuned—with an instrument’s precision—tension, precise structure, clean fruit flavors and an appetizing savory note on the finish. The texture is rounded with a slight creaminess. This is just beginning to become approachable. Should be hitting its stride in 2015–2016.

  Food pairing: Shellfish, Japanese food, goat cheese

Winner of the bronze medal in the Decanter World Wine Awards, this Chardonnay is clean, modern, and a perfect illustration of what happens when really skilled and talented people work hard to bring out their terroirs. While Chardonnays from Southern Burgundy have traditionally been dry and mineral, Thibert’s wines are are silky, melony, with a lingering fruit finish. Best after brief cellaring.

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  Colin Talcroft

  Closed at present but with hints of butter and pineapple, toast, and caramel on the nose. Highly extracted, concentrated, rich fruit flavors on the palate are balanced by a healthy dose of acidity that makes this wine drinkable now, but it’s still evolving and a little more time in bottle is likely to reveal greater subtlety.

  Food pairing: Herbed, grilled fish; oysters; pasta in light cream sauce; roasted chicken

A clean, modern wine that perfectly illustrates what happens when really talented winemakers work hard to bring out their terroirs. While Chardonnays from Southern Burgundy have traditionally been dry and mineral, Thibert’s wines are silky, melony, with a lingering fruit finish.

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  Colin Talcroft

  A delicately perfumed, complex nose, initially with floral scents, minerals (talc), toast, and subtle pineapple, evolves in the direction of riper, lusher scents. Achieves a surprising balance, managing to seem rich—with toasty, buttery flavors—but not at all heavy; in fact, it has an almost ethereal quality, a lightness that rests on a backbone of acidity that seems perfectly adjusted to the richness it offsets, an acidity that holds through a lingering finish. Among the finest Pouilly-Fuissé wines you’re likely to encounter. Delicious now, but will improve.

  Food pairing: Aperitif, fish—grilled or meunière, scallops, mushroom risotto

Winner of the bronze medal in the Decanter World Wine Awards, this Chardonnay is clean, modern, and a perfect illustration of what happens when talented winemakers work hard to bring out their terroir. While Chardonnays from Southern Burgundy have traditionally been dry and mineral, Thibert’s are are silky, melony, with a lingering fruit finish. Best after some aging.

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  Deborah Adeyanju

  The nose suggests smoke, nuts, vegetation, black butter, and pungent spice. Concentrated ripe fruit and a candied note give an impression of sweetness, while citrus, smoky oak, and nuts round out the palate flavors. Rich and intense, but balanced by good acidity. An unusually silky texture and the lingering, fruity finish are especially appealing.

  Food pairing: Light meats, poultry and fish

A clean, modern wine that perfectly illustrates what happens when talented winemakers work hard to bring out their terroirs. While Chardonnays form Southern Burgundy have traditionally been dry and mineral, Thibert’s wines are silky, with a lingering fruit finish.

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  Colin Talcroft

  A pretty, pale gold with an attractive, expressive nose suggestive of sweet melon, citrus, and butter but with sappy and floral hints as well, eventually even developing some delicate but more exotic notes such as coconut. A little reserved at first, but, once open, achieves a remarkable balance between evolving, rich, almost unctuous, buttery characteristics and a taut acidity. A marvel of poise. A real overachiever for this appellation. Delicious now, but likely to improve.

  Food pairing: crab, oysters, mussels, seafood pasta, chicken or veal with wild mushroom cream sauce