Tasted with Camille Schaller in Prehy, 31 Januray 2024.
Domaine Camille & Laurent Schaller
20 Grande Rue de Chablis
89800 Préhy
Tel: +33 3 86 41 41 88
www.chablis-schaller.com
More reports with Domaine Camille et Laurent Schaller
Camille on 2023 & 2022:
“Yes, I’m very happy with 2022. Of course, we had some worry about the frost but it worked out very well – in fact we actually had a good volume – but it was a warm vintage so we started our harvest a little early. 2023 was similar though the acidity wasn’t too bad – they are still in elevage. All the 2022s that we will taste were bottled in July – and we have a new Bourgogne Blanc this year too that’s about to be bottled. I like the 2022 vintage – the 1ers aren’t yet showing as well as before the bottling but the rest are showing as I would like.”
The wines…
Always a delicious range from Camille – and his Chablis VV was extra special today – just give the oak time to fade!
These wines were bottled at the end of July:
2022 Petit Chablis
From Prehy, 3 ha – these are lower vines towards Chablis near the cereal plantations. They have some in another village too but they are never blended.
Narrow but attractive citrus notes – a pretty and perfumed invitation to drink. Hmm, this melts over the palate, perfumed and saline – that’s a super wine – simply excellent.
2022 Chablis
A blend of Prehy and Courgis vines with similar exposures. The largest cuvée of the domaine.
A larger nose with much citrus – a little riper citrus. More open, with extra structure – mouth-watering, also an extra sweetness. But the width of this finish leaves a moreish impression – very nice and it’s long too!
2022 Chablis 1er Vau de Vey
The 6th vintage since it was acquired in 2017. Like the previous wines, mechanical harvest but here with about 20% barrel elevage and keeping a little more of the lees.
Large in scale – extra freshness – a very open wine. In the mouth too – open and a wine with scale. Slowly becoming juicy as the flavour melts. Less sweetness and a little more complexity – that’s a very lovely wine – holding a lovely finish.
2022 Chablis 1er Vaucoupin
South-facing. Very steep here so it’s a manual harvest – made here since 2016 as they are young vines planted in 2013 and with a sunnier exposure than the last. Because of the young vines Laurent is still looking for the right approach with his barrels…
Narrow aromas but they have more depth and are emphasising the minerality more. Extra clarity and more fluidity to this more focused favour. A little floral complexity too. Very wide and juicy finishing – that’s an obviously excellent wine.
Here all barrel – 228s – elevage. The vines planted in 1976 are the oldest of the domaine.
A calmer nose – there is a faint barrel-spice but this is quite discreet. Broad, obviously mineral and mouthwatering. There’s more cushion and a rounding of the flavour but it’s a beautiful wine on the palate – it could be a great Chablis – but wait 3+ years I think!
2022 Bourgogne Blanc
Shown last as it’s just about to bottle – Vines near Prehy in St.Cyr – ‘it’s a Chablis style of soil but deeper.’ All tank for the elevage.
There’s a more open top-end to these aromas, with fine floral notes. Open, a little more structural, slightly reductive but with a beautiful finishing intensity. Delicious!
2022 Bourgogne Pinot Noir
Also vines in the same area as the previous. ‘It’s not got the ‘pretension’ of an Irancy!’
Oh – that’s a very perfumed fruit – all destemmed of course, as it’s machine harvested. Hmm – I like the open, juicy but direct style of this wine – it’s pushing me towards the finish but keeps a decent width to the flavour. Slowly fading – clean and tasty wine – yum!