Mick O’Connell on wine: It’s time for chardonnay to shine once again
Forget the buttery, over-oaked and cloying examples of the 1990s; today’s chardonnay producers are making some wonderful wines
As a wine nerd, the most common question I get asked is “what’s your favourite wine?”. My dad-joke answer is always the same: “the one that’s free”.
While I do like being bought a glass or three, the real answer to that question is that my favourite wines are those from the Burgundy region in France, and particularly the great whites of the region. I’ve had more jaw on the floor moments from these wines ...