Domaine Moreau-Naudet
Stéphane Moreau has some very well-placed vines, and he is obviously influenced by Vincent Dauvissat, who recommended him to us. Superhuman work has been done in the vineyards to bring yields under control, pressing technology has been brought up to date, and harvesting is by hand (sadly rare in Chablis, if not amongst the growers we work with). In the cellar he uses barrel-élevage on his premier crus only, but not in such a way that oakiness could be detected in the wines. He also keeps the wines for a much longer period on the lees than most in order for them to gain more complexity and flesh. In the vineyard Stéphane refuses to spray weed killers or any treatments against rot, and for the past decade has only used organic fertliers in small doses.
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Chablis Burgundy France
Stephane Moreau proves himself again with this excellent 'basic' wine, a really terrific value buy, full, quite opulent even, but still tense and mineral - classic village Chablis in any other cellar.
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Chablis Burgundy France
Saline, pure, fresh and juicy too. Layered with floral honey and underpinned by a sense of the sea and shellfish on the finish. JUBILEE OFFER: Case price reduced from £13.50.
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Chablis Burgundy France
Stephane Moreau proves himself again with this excellent 'basic' wine, a really terrific value buy, full, quite opulent even, but still tense and mineral - classic village Chablis in any other cellar.
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Chablis Burgundy France
This really floats. Floral and mineral-lifted nose, tiny touch of oak, good fresh acidity on finish.
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Chablis Burgundy France
Rich and mineral this is densely packed with bright, racy fruit. The extreme acidity present in this wine when young has now softened and evolved into fabulous length.
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Chablis Burgundy France
A feeling of warmth and ripeness, a sunny disposition. Lots of ripe fruit, a hint of oak, especially on the nose, with the mineral gaining ascendancy on the finish. Quite powerful.
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Chablis Burgundy France
Very mineral and lifted, fresh and very pure. I love this for its floral, aërien quality. Long, long, gently acidulous and delicate finish.
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Chablis Burgundy France
Real energy and mineral power. Full-bodied, quite a chewy-rich middle, but still fresh as a daisy. Long classic finish.
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Chablis Burgundy France
Green fruit on the nose, a touch of fennel. Suave as silk, it has considerable body and richness, power and length.
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Chablis Burgundy France
Difficult to make much of this on my early tasting - a big, fat wine which shows obvious round ripeness, and a subtle touch of spice too - but really this is too closed so although the bones are there... that classic dynamism born from the balance of power and precision.
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Chablis Burgundy France
An amazing example: on close analysis there is wood, there is fine citrus flavour in the fruit, but all in all there is harmony, and the winemaking merely exalts the mineral purity and lifted, spiritual dimension of this amazingly pure and powerful wine.