J.Moreau & Fils Chablis Premier Cru ‘Vaucopins’ 2019
13.5% abv, Famille Boisset, Chablis, imported by Boisset USA, St-Helena, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chardonnay from vines older than 60 years of age, pressed whole cluster, fermented in stainless steel with a portion of the cuvée (15%) aged in one-and-two-year-old French oak barrels, and the remainder aged on […]
J. Moreau & Fils Chablis Grand Cru Valmur 2020
14% abv, Famille Boisset, Chablis, imported by Boisset USA, St-Helena, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: Winemaking notes: 100% Chardonnay from a 2-ha vineyard block with old vines and soils of “chalky scree slopes overlying Kimmeridgian marl. The soil is heavy and is strewn with small fossilized oysters known as “Exogyra Virgula.” Fermented in stainless steel […]
J. Moreau & Fils Chablis 1er Cru ‘Fourchaume’ 2020
13% abv, Famille Boisset, Chablis, imported by Boisset American, St-Helena, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. 100% Chardonnay grown on the famed kimmeridgean limestone and fermented in stainless steel and aged 85% in tank on the lees, and 15% in one and two year-old French oak barrels for 10 months. Tasting note: the Fourchaume […]
Jean-Pierre Grossot Chablis 1er Vaucoupin 2019
13.5% abv, Chablis, imported by Wines With Conviction, Irving, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chardonnay from a 1.6ha parcel on the upper part of the slope with vines average 50 years of age. “The juice ferments very slowly at low temperature in stainless steel tanks, and after a first […]
Olivier Morin Bourgogne Chitry ‘Cuvée Constance’ Blanc 2019
14.2% abv, imported by Paris Wine Company, Benencia, CA. Henderson Selections importer. Cork closure: synthetic. Biodynamic calendar: root day. The regional Burgundy appellation of Bourgogne Chitry was created in 1993 to showcase wines from the village of Chitry-les-Fort about an hour south of Chablis by car. Still minuscule today by comparison to most Bourgogne villages, […]