Chablis

Tight energy here - taut and firm, but great fruit, nice and ripe apple and pear, lurk behind. There is a good weight and it has a certain richness, but a dusty finish of nice minerality keeps th...(read more)

Fresh and pinging. Nice chew in the middle, but this is all about the lovely sherbety fruit that fizzes with joy. The fresh zip counters the nicely ripe fruit. Super. Great weight too. In the cellar w...(read more)

Fantastic opener here with Denis and Isabelle. This attractive, juicy and beautifully ripe on the attack. Nicely fresh in the middle palate with lemon oil and crunchy orchard fruit. Just pithy en...(read more)

Pierrick explains that in 2017 because of the relatively small berries and limited quantity of crop, the juice is more concentrated and more exotic than normal. There is certainly a great intensi...(read more)

This new arrival from Alain Mathias and his family is a great new addition to the L&S stable. The 2017 is fresh and bright and so distinctively Chablis. At this early stage there is a touch of th...(read more)

Fabulous to see Virginie with a smile back on her face - and no surprise when for the first time in years she has a 'proper' harvest under her belt and a normal quantity of wine to sell with this...(read more)

Compared to her father's village Chablis - this is showing from barrel a more finished, more resolved wine. Brighter, leaner and more intense it is already a treat to taste. There is a classical...(read more)

With the sparsity of wine in 2016, it is amazing that Pierrick Laroche managed to get his hands on a new 1er Cru for the property. This shows perfectly the step up in quality from village to 1er...(read more)

Lovely. Feels fresh but the fruit weigh is soft and generous. Ample and fleshy with warm citrus juice. This is classic Beauroy. The nicely, sunny spot gives that good weight - and then comes a wh...(read more)

From the sunniest spot at the end of the Fourchaumes vineyard this special parcel always over-delivers. It is like the Fourchaumes but through a magnifying glass. Wow. Turning up the minerality h...(read more)

From a single-vineyard of old vines located in Beine, called Vau de Vey, that is in the process of conversion to organic viticulture. Fermented and aged in a combination of oak and amphorae. Clas...(read more)

Véronique was at pains to re-emphasize that at Drouhin-Vaudon they now use large 500l barrels and no new wood. Gorgeous creamy-soft weight of vinous fruit and richness. Exquisitely pure. Very rip...(read more)