The Society's White Burgundy, Macon-Villages - France, chardonnay

The Society’s White Burgundy comes from France’s AOC of Macon Villages. I’ve had Macon Villages somewhere before, possibly from Waitrose, and remember it being pretty good. In light of previous claims that chardonnay isn’t ‘really my thing’ is the contradictory statement that Chablis definitely is. And is made entirely of chardonnay. And so is this. The problem with The Society’s White Burgundy is it presents the danger of wine which could happily be mistaken for a Chablis at a mere £7.50 a bottle. Having polished off a whole bottle of red the day before I decided I would only have a glass, maybe two at most, of this delectable, fresh, crisp, balanced beauty. In the end I only had four, which constituted two thirds of a bottle. The rest will be going in my face later today. This is essentially the lower grade of the Wine Society’s ‘own label’ stuff, they also do The Society’s Exhibition bottles. If those represent anything like wine this good for its price, I imagine I’ll be drinking a lot of both. This also leaves me quite excited at the prospect of the Society’s Rioja, which is sitting under my bed making little ‘drink me drink me’ noises. A bit like a wine troll. Except in this case I’m the goat, and I’m drinking the troll. Or will be in about six hours. NOM.