Tasted in Chablis with Dylan Camus, 17 January 2023.
Domaine Christophe Camu
1 avenue de la Liberté
89800 Chablis
Tel: +33 3 86 42 12 50
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Dylan on 2022:
“Of course – everyone is happy with 2022! Next Thursday I’m making a first small bottling!”
Dylan on 2021:
“For us, it wasn’t too bad – it wasn’t a whole harvest but it was more than half of a harvest! The volume here was certainly better than in 2016 for us. All the wines are bottled – the last to be done were the grand cru and the Goutte d’Or – they were done in the first week of December.”
The wines…
Consistently delicious wines at this address in 2021 – even Dylan’s red. Their Les Clos should turn out to be a great one – but there’s not much…
All cork sealed here:
2021 Petit Chablis
Direct, faintly citrus more strongly mineral. Hmm – that melts beautifully over the palate – supple but complex and totally delicious.
2021 Chablis
Representing about 3 ha of vines – mixed locations a large part in Pargues
A properly ripe, but not over-ripe, yellow citrus nose – not fully forward today. Mouth-filling – off-sweet, direct flavours, faintly saline – that’s got great energy and tons of classy minerality. The finish is delicious again – simply an excellent Chablis.
2021 Chablis Vieilles-Vignes
Over 70-year-old vines, with some replacements, were planted by Dylan’s grandfather. These vines in Poinchy between the Côte de Lechets and Beauroy. With much lower yields
A broader nose – the aromas with a little more green-citrus complexity. Direct, silky, with ample yet growing intensity – this is another beauty – the finish clean, mineral and citrus accented.
2021 Chablis Gouttes D’Or
Under Montmains the actual lieu-dit is Côte d’Or which they are not allowed to use – but the cuvée name is close. Clear bottle.
The nose clearly shows the barrel elevage. Clean and wide, fine texture with a few mm of cushion – the barrel is very strong today – I wouldn’t touch one for 4-5 years…
2021 Chablis 1er Côte de Lechets
2 small parcels assembled. A tiny volume from here – 1,200 bottles.
More clarity, certainly more minerality for this nose. Incisive – here’s a growing wave of citric intensity – I would definitely wait a couple of years for this to round and calm but the slowly fading finish is a lovely one.
2021 Chablis 1er Beauroy
The part close to Poinchy.
Hmm – here’s a fine nose – high-toned white-flower freshness that’s very inviting. A little suppleness but also energy and complexity. Extra salinity in the finish. This is an excellent wine!
2021 Chablis 1er Montmains
True Montmains but next to Forets. The Goutte d’Or, this and the grand cru, are the wines with oak elevage here – 50% except for the GC which is 100%.
A very attractive nose again – deeper, more mineral but a little flesh too. Ooh – the synthesis of the last too – not too incisive but… – not too mineral but… holding a very fine finishing line this is super, and the barrel is invisible!
Two parcels – part near the road and another mid-slope next to Pinson. All barrel with a large part of new barrels
Broad and full of barrel notes – but it’s good wood! Wow energy and shape – you can easily see the step up the GC – despite the barrel flavour. Saline finishing. A wine with such a breadth of finishing flavour – partly floral too.
And to finish:
2021 Dylan Camus, Irancy Les Grenouillères
Third vintage – not a massive rendement but that’s been the new normal for a while. About 35 hl/ha with about 30% barrel elevage. Bottled end of August and first time tasted by Dylan
That’s a pretty red – lots of whole-cluster here but this is beautifully integrated and perfumed. It’s a fresh and direct wine but I’d stop short of saying frank. Fine red berries and a delicious disposition – give it another year or so for the last vestiges of austerity to fade – there’s already very little. The finish has a small echo of the barrel but nothing overt. It’s never going to be a vintage here for great wines but this is delicious wine!