AOC Chablis Grand Cru
Category Grand Cru appellation since 13/01/1938 There is one single appellation – Chablis Grand Cru – the individual climats do not have individual/seperate AOCs. Commune(s) of production Yonne. 1 commune: Chablis Climats classed as grand cru There are seven official grand cru climats. An eigth ‘climat’ exists… Read More
2018 harvest – thursday 6 sept in chablis & irancy
Chablis Les Clos – on the triage table. A day in Chablis – no rest for the wicked! But first to Irancy – unlike the morning rain in Beaune, here was cloudy, indeed a little misty, but dry. The grapes looked resplendent – and the quantity too –… Read More
2018 harvest – 3 september
Our harvest day number 7… What a way to start our day – Corton-Charlemagne – from a super plot of 0.35 ha, on the hill in the real Charlemagne sector. Acquired by the owners on 1993. A pleasure to watch on the triage table – some beurot in this (pinot… Read More
Cave Prestige 2018 – Les Blancs…
Apparently this is the 47th year that the BIVB have assembled their annual ‘cave prestige;’ the process consists of two tasting panels – a smaller one doing the first triage and larger group who provide the final thumbs up. For this, the 2018 version, they began… Read More
weekend wines – week 24 2018
2016 Long-Depaquit, Chablis Vaudesir By a stroke of coincidence, the same week that I find and taste this wine in the BIVB’s 2018 ‘Cave Prestige’ Sumptuous aromatic depth, crystallised fruit and minerals. Quite open on the palate with flavour that melts, mouth-wateringly, over the palate. Certainly there’s… Read More
2016 Chablis
Straight to the point: 2016 is like 2015 in that it is another delicious vintage in Chablis. Differing from 2015, the wines of 2016 are, generally, more classically Chablis due to having a fresher fruit profile – they have finesse and punch – but I quickly found 3 style… Read More
week 27 2017 – weekend wines – must try harder…
This weekend was definitely a ‘must try harder‘ weekend… 2015 Dampt Frères, Bourgogne Tonnerre Le Clos du Chateau The 2014 of this was a match for 95% of Chablis 1er crus – taught, mineral but absolutely deliciously intense wine – and all for about €9. The 2015 isn’t… Read More
les weekend wines – week 25
2015 Loosen Bros, Riesling After a couple of 2011s, why not a 2015? There is a similar sweetness here to those older wines, but an appealing extra grapefruit vivacity – I still admit to drinking it ice-cold from the refrigerator though! 2011 Carrick, Central Otago Bannockburn Chardonnay… Read More
Some Chablis 2014s
A short list – if not so short in time – lots of elbows were needed as the place was packed. Only at lunchtime was it possible to breath and approach the stalls – mainly due to the massive queue to eat. A shame, then, than most of the… Read More