By Christy Canterbury, January 2025

"A touch of oak (20% not new) to give some complexity."

Stem ginger, honeyed aroma, with a rich, firm, and ripe palate. The oak works well by adding a little tannic bite and firmness to the rounded profile typical of this terroir and freshness to the finish. 2026-32.

Wonderfully precise stone fruit and pear aromas are wrapped around a stony and salty core to create a magnificent Chablis with all the virtues of this appellation beautifully displayed. Very long finish that the notes of flint and fresh butter fill out. Fermented and matured 80% in stainless steel tank and 20% in used oak barrique casks. Drink or hold. (Stuart Pigott, June 2024)

Gorgeous passion fruit notes with lovely apple blossom notes. Fresh and fabulous salinity and delectable acidity. (UK)

Less width but a good depth of aroma that's more mineral in style. More relaxed width of flavour, melting easily over the palate - mineral for sure, and finishing with persistence. Very good (UK, March 2024).

Intense lemon curd and yellow grapefruit aromas plus delicate notes of herbs and flint are married to a surprisingly powerful body and a very crisp acidity that drives this over the palate at a brisk clip. Long chalky finish. Drinkable now, but best from 2024.

The nose is beautifully fresh, fruity, elegant, harmonious and offers a good definition. It reveals notes of quince, crushed nectarine and small notes of bright small fruits associated with lemony touches, fine hints of honeysuckle, lime as well as discreet hints of flint and a subtle hint of fresh almond. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers juiciness, a beauFful mineral/acidulous frame, gourmandize, elegance, a melodious side, tension, precision as well as a beautiful definition. On the palate this wine expresses notes of quince, crushed vine peach and small notes of lime associated with fine touches of zest, white flowers as well as a subtle hint of quenette and discreet hints of flint / racy minerality. Good length. Presence of fine saline hints and good bitterness on the finish/persistence.

Bright and zesty, evoking lemon, apple, butterscotch and stone flavors. Fluid and succulent on the finish, where the butterscotch note echoes. Fine length. Drink now through 2028.

More elegant, befitting a 1er Cru, the floral, mineral-y "Mont de Milieu" dances on the palate. This lovely, lacey wine is a delight to drink now with simply grilled fish.

This 2020 Chablis Premier Cru is not alone in having some exotic-floral aromas (think hibiscus) and quite a rich texture on the palate, but the special, chalky minerality of this appellation easily balances the ripe orange and melon fruit on the medium-bodied palate. Emphatically dry finish. Drink or hold. 

Attractive balance of creaminess and ripe acidity on the medium-bodied palate. Lovely interplay of
floral-honey and chalky character on the generous finish. Drink or hold.

Very nicely honed nose and palate with some glossy hints and good richness of pears and peaches, as well as some more exotic mango nuances. This has good length and evenness.

(from yileds of only 13 hl/ha in 2016). A mildy exotic nose of white peach and passion fruit leads to racy, intense and markedly stony medium weight flavors that possess excellent drive on the youthfully austere, clean and linear finish. 90/2022+

The 2014 Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Milieu has an uncomplicated green apple and slate scented bouquet that needs just a little more vigor. The palate is fresh on the entry, slightly bitter with a waxy texture, hints of passion fruit and dried honey towards the finish. Difficult to fathom at the moment, there is nevertheless satisfying substance here and the saline finish is very appreciated.
Drink 2017-2027.