Reviews

Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses

Allow me to start out a little backwards here in terms of my comments (what else is new?...right?!). I know it's sometimes frowned upon to talk about pricing and QPR and folks just wanna know if the…

Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis Grand Cru Grenouilles

Even better than last year, with more punch and zesty piquancy. Super fresh, with a citrusy finish that elongates the tail with snappy energy and lift. Lemon-lime flavors jumping around the mouth. A…

Domaine Servin Chablis Grand Cru Bougros

Similar to last year's note. Very good QPR @$60-$70. Carries a really nice verve and citrus juice pop of energy. Medium bodied weight-wise, but has an extra tick of intensity that gives the finish an…

Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Bougros

This is what I want and expect when I open a young bottle of a top Fevre. Vibrant and spunky, with green and yellow citrus fruit, crunchy green and yellow apple, unripe pear, and wet travertine…

Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir

A very good Chardonnay... that could have been any Chardonnay from anywhere. Pure, fresh, and all that, but so straight-laced and primary that it lacks any personality. No real layers or depth to…

Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir

As great as last year, rivaling the Grenouilles and Clos in 2019, this is the best vintage of Vaudesir to date. Perfect combination of body, energy, ripe lemon flavors, and outstanding persistence.…

Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis Grand Cru Grenouilles

Lemon and yellow pear skin are complimented by white travertine, unripe white peach, lime pith, and subtle honeydew elements. There is nice Chablis typicity here, with less of the salty lime juice…

Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

Vibrant lemon juice, lemon drop, lime zest, sea salt, travertine, and honeysuckle flavors make for a captivating Les Clos. This continues to impress with its perfect combination of vibrancy and…

Domaine des Malandes Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

Currently, this is in a more straight-laced mood than the much more expressive and powerful 2019 Malandes Vaudesir. Still, this Les Clos carries decent weight and push to hold true to the site and…

Domaine des Malandes Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir

Of course now that I taste this I am slapping myself for not loading up on it. A much more intense and layered animal than its year-older 2018 sibling, this 2019 Malandes Vaudesir has everything…

Domaine Servin Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot

A very primary and intense showing, yet one that flaunts impressive bones for future development, the Servin Blanchots is a proud papa indeed. Appropriate Cru concentration and weight, this Blanchot…

Roland Lavantureux Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir

Limey and spritely, with an extra kick of sea breeze to culminate the flavors into an overall billowing of freshness and put-a-smile-on-your-face acidity. The Chablis typicity is evident and true,…

Domaine Servin Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses

Limey Squirt, chalk, lemon drop, and unripe green pear notes Gymkata their way through the initial execution of flavor, dropkicking a super zing of acidity and tense vigor. Primary and unresolved,…

Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

Laser focused and a little hyper-chiseled on the back end, at least enough to push the perception of acid ahead of fruit for the time being. Green apple skin notes battle with lemon and limestone…

Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos Clos des Hospices dans Les Clos

Not unlike its 2018 Grand Cru siblings, this Clos des Hospices is fairly torqued-up and linear on entry, with stricter white fruit, lemon pith and seed, chalk, and white melon rind notes leading the…

Domaine Pinson Frères Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

Lemony lemonade and puckery lemon drop notes, with a side order of freshly picked lemons and lemon scented candles, all culminate into, you guessed it, a lemon sherbet flavor-tang of poppin' but…

Domaine des Malandes Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

A top performer that keeps getting better, the 2016 Malandes Les Clos is juicy and succulent while still maintaining all the Chablis typicity you'd expect from this top Grand Cru site. The color is…

Patrick Piuze Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses

A young Grand Cru that still has some growing up to do, the Preuses shares qualitative similarities with its sibling Cote de Bouqueyreaux (dear lord, that's a mouthful) Bougros. Clean and pristine,…

Domaine Servin Chablis Grand Cru Bougros

Well this was a nice surprise. Full of life and popping with energetic and succulent lemon everything, this Servin is quite the over-performing little monkey. The Bougros site is brilliantly…

Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis Grand Cru Valmur

Another exceptionally powerful showing, with a flex of yellow citrus that commands the palate and delivers a serious dollop of viscous fruit flavor. Still blocky in cadence and texture, this is the…

Domaine des Malandes Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir

I keep testing this wine against my better judgment to see if I want to invest in a few more. It's quite delicious and has a nice tang of lemon and subtle lime flavors that offer pleasurable drinking…

Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

The Droin Grand Crus in the 2019 vintage are simply crushing it with unreal purity, freshness, and succulent intensity. This is the best vintage of Droin I've likely ever had, with the Les Clos,…

Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis Grand Cru Grenouilles

The Droin Grand Crus in the 2019 vintage are simply crushing it with unreal purity, freshness, and succulent intensity. This is the best vintage of Droin I've likely ever had, with the Les Clos,…

Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir

Fresh and satisfying, with a lovely density that provides both Grand Cru weight and breadth, this 2019 Droin Vaudesir takes the best of the 2018 and 2017 vintages and combines them to make a 2019…

Patrick Piuze Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Côte de Bouqueyreaux

As polished as most any wine I've had from Bougros, this Piuze version is a hyper clean and airy expression of the site, with the extra chalky minerality whipping the yellow citrus elements into…