BRUNO CLAIR PERNAND-VERGELESSES 2022

The 2022 Pernand-Vergelesses Blanc has a generous nose with rose water, dried honey scents, and a touch of white tea. The well-balanced palate has a fine bead of acidity, with lime cordial and orange peel, slightly pithy on the finish. Lovely. Tasting the domaine’s wines over more than 20 years, I have seen a refinement over the last five or six years. There was once as much rusticity as charm. Nowadays, there’s a real delicacy, a fineness of touch, stylistically moving their wines towards Rousseau-like transparency and precision. There’s much to offer across the range away from magnets like their Clos Saint-Jacques and Bonnes-Mares, excellent as they are. Readers should check out their superb spread of single vineyard Marsannay cuvées or their overlooked range of whites. If not there already, this producer is fast becoming one of my favorites. (N. Martin)