The pedigree of this fruit at the Chablis level is pretty bloody good! It's from a 50 year old parcel adjacent to the Grand Cru, Blanchot!
Bloody tasty Village. Beautifully weighted and developed. Often at this level Chablis can be thin and raw. Testut here, as with all his wines shows a deft touch in raise the wine and building generosity. A wine that can be hoovered now, it’ll drink well over the next few years. Great flow across your palate, fine, sophisticated, perfect everyday drinking
It ain’t a 1er Cru for nothing. Can these guys do no wrong? Just delicious. The build in depth and acid from the VV is clear. Making for a perfectly step in quality matched to price. Of the 2019 1er’s this is the one that is smack bang in a great drinking zone. The Forêts and Montée need more time respectively, particularly the stunning Montée.
Aside from his primary flavour and aroma descriptors, Burghounds notes are on the money. From a 70 year old parcel in Beugnons.
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Excellent drinking. Drink this while you wait for the Grenouille to build. Line, length, texture, with a sufficient generosity giving it approachability in youth without adding any of the clumsy bits. Classic, delicious, delicate. Wonderful élévage making for a complete wine.
0.20 ha of 80 year-old vines, the same age as Beugnons. Only replaced with massale selections.
A pure and elegant nose features notes of citrus zest, mineral reduction, iodine and hints of algae. There is again
Gotta love the full Montée. There's a reason it comes up time and time again in discussions on Chablis! Gotta love the full Montée. There's a reason it comes up time and time again in discussions on Chablis. Check out the interactive map below. Click on the vineyard name and you'll see it's on the same side of the river as the cluster of Grand Cru's and lies right next to Blanchot and Le Clos.
After trying the 2017 1er Cru Forêts & GC Grenouille (bought out all remaing stock of those
Gotta love the full Montée. There's a reason it comes up time and time again in discussions on Chablis! Gotta love the full Montée. There's a reason it comes up time and time again in discussions on Chablis. Check out the interactive map below. Click on the vineyard name and you'll see it's on the same side of the river as the cluster of Grand Cru's and lies right next to Blanchot and Le Clos.
Every wine I've had from Testut to date has been a delicious, delicate yet flavourful rendition of
