Domaine Courbet, Côtes du Jura Chardonnay

I love Chardonnay, and I don’t care who knows it. It’s probably my favorite grape, and I could drink it every day for the rest of my life. There. I said it. Quote me.Today’s Côtes du Jura Chardonnay from Domaine Courbet is a delicious wine, a kissing cousin to great Meursault, yet completely “its own thing” at the same time. Good luck finding a Premier Cru Meursault, to which this bottle favorably compares, at “only” twice this price. This is one of those rare values for a type of wine where values just don’t exist. Or, rather, they mostly don’t: This one is a truly miraculous aberration, with the kind of depth and mineral drive real Chardonnay lovers crave—quote me on that, too. This is not to be missed.Jura is located directly in the middle of Burgundy and Switzerland and its wine styles are beholden to both. Historically heralded for its vin jaune (“yellow wine”)—which is beautiful in its own right, if often misunderstood—the terroir here provides remarkable growing conditions for B