Domaine des Malandes Chablis Premier Cru ‘Montmains’ 2020
13%, Chablis, imported by the Los Angeles Wine Co., Los Angeles, CA. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chardonnay 60-year-old vines from estate’s 29ha of vineyards. The wine was fermented mostly in steel tank with 20% fermented in neutral French oak and was aged on the lees with full malolactic fermentation […]
Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Premier Cru ‘Vau de Vey’ 2020
13% abv, Chablis, imported by Mexcor Texas LLC, Houston, TX. Cork closure: composite. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chardonnay from 30-year-old vines, fermented with native years and aged on the lees in tank for one year. The ‘Vau de Vey’ premier cru is a cool vineyard site on the left bank of the River […]
Closerie des Alosiers Chablis Premier Cru ‘Vau de Vey’ 2018
13.5% abv, Stephane Brocard, Longvic, imported by J & J Winery, Napa, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chardonnay from the Vau de Vey vineyard on the left bank of the Serein River. The Vau de Vey is a steep hillside rich in kimmeridgian limestone and faces southeast, and is […]
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 […]
Domaine Gérard Duplessis Chablis 1er Cru ‘Montmains’ 2018
12.5% abv, Chablis, imported by Selection Massale and Handpicked Selections, Carmel Valley, CA. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: flower day. Winemaking notes: 100% Chardonnay, Ecocert, Primary fermentation and malolactic conversion occurred in tank with indigenous yeasts (no inoculation). 10‐12 months aging in stainless steel tanks, followed by a further 6 months aging in French oak […]
Charly Nicolle Chablis 1er Cru ‘Mont de Milieu’ 2018
14.5% abv, imported by Parker Wolf Wines Inc., Austin, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: 50 years old vine, 2 hectares vineyards, and aged in tank for 12 months on the lees. Tasting note: the Nicolle ‘Mont de Milieu’ is medium gold in color with a slightly prem-ox’d nose of medium […]
Jean-Luc & Paul Aegerter Chablis Vieilles Vignes 2018
12.5% abv, Nuits-St-Georges, imported by the Wine Source Inc., Gardena, CA. Cork closure: Biodynamic calendar: root day. Tasting note: Medium lemon with a clean nose of medium intensity with aromas of saline, chalk, lemon and stone fruit. On the plate this wine is dry with medium+ acid, light body, medium minus alcohol, medium flavor intensity […]