2015 St Aubin Blanc Les Charmois

The 2015 Saint Aubin 1er Cru Charmois certainly has a more nuanced bouquet compared to the Saint Aubin Les Combes this year. This makes you work a little bit, eking out those scents of granite and apple blossom. For sure it is unashamedly more austere than the Les Combes but very nicely focused. The palate is rounded on the entry with a brush of honey. There is a pleasant sense of energy here just on the back palate, almost like the aftertaste from Shezchuan pepper, the mouth tingling with spiciness. It completes what I find to be an intriguing Saint-Aubin, but I would afford it a couple of years in bottle.