Lively white flower aromas are followed by a tangy, smoky, leesy (sweet?), mineral and toast-flavored character in the Pernand-Vergelesses Ile De Vergelesses. Medium-bodied and racy, it will offer delicious near-term drinking. Drink it between now and 2001. The score, noted on a range and in parentheses, indicates that the wine was tasted from barrel.
The winemaker, "Kojak", told me the alcoholic fermentations lasted through February for the 1996 whites and that he performed a weekly batonnage to give them additional body.
A Daniel Johnnes Selection, New York, NY; tel (212) 374-9415, also imported by De Gustibus Imports in Washington, and Beaune Imports in California.