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    1 062
  • Producer ranking ?

    14
  • Decanting time

    1h30min
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Grilled Turbot with butter sauce & Sauteed white fish with morels

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The Story

Located near Auxerre in the department of Yonne, the Chablis vineyards lie along a little river aptly named the Serein ("serene"). Vines began to growth during the Roman era. In the 12th century, the Cistercian monks from the abbey of Pontigny developed its cultivation. The AOC Chablis Premier Cru was officially created in January 1938, thus confirming the excellent qualities of this dry white wine which, unlike the wines of some other regions...

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Vintage 2012

2012 was beset by unusual weather that didn’t spare the vines! A mild winter, spring-like March, cool spring with frosts, summer-like May, cooler, wetter June, a variable summer with heatwaves, hail and storms… Because of the cold damp spring, some of the vine flowers didn’t set and form fruit, there was millerandage (where the flowers aren’t fully fertilised and give small berries) and high pressure from mildew and odium. Temperatures went ri...

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Written Notes

Pale lemon yellow. Tight, citrus, minerals, flinty, apples, layered nose. Fresh acidity, elegant, crisp and fresh, detailed, mouthwatering, nuanced, long. 93

  • 93p

(tasted from a 2011 barrel): Bright yellow. Ripe aromas of pineapple and wet stone, plus a hint of toasty oak. Rich, broad and very ripe, with considerable power to its pineapple and stone flavors. Another sample from a 2009 barrel: More closed but with similar spice notes to the flavors of pineapple, lemon and wet stone. Finishes tactile, very dry and long, with strong minerality. At once rich and youthfully austere. A splendid showing. 92-94

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Origin

Chablis, Burgundy

Drinking temperature

10-12C

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