# Friday Special

Plenty of ripe sunny fruit here. Crisp acidity lovely purity one for relatively early drinking. Salty edge to finish. From six plots spread across Vaillons harvested at separate times. Fermented individually blended in August... Read More

Very pure and crystalline on both nose and palate. Real drive and energy just the vaguest hint of wood which adds more to texture than flavour. A very fine example. Billaud-Simon has plots within the three sectors of Montée de... Read More

Pale lemon. A backward nose suggesting a little power some reductive quality on whi

The 2021 Chablis Le Bas de Chapelot comes across quite closed on the nose though Edouard Vocoret mentioned how this cuvée has closed down at the time of my visit. The palate is complex with touches of apricot and white peach... Read More

There is enough wood to notice framing the ripe fresh and expressive nose that consists of yellow orchard fruit petrol sea breeze and soft citrus hints. There is excellent volume to the attractively textured and relatively lush... Read More

Tasting note: Interestingly there was no residual SO2 from the recent bottling and the cool and citrusy aromas are laced with plenty of classic Chablis elements in the form of iodine and ocean breeze. There is fine volume to the... Read More

A deft but not invisible application of wood can be found on the more restrained if otherwise similar nose. As is usually the case there is more volume and power to the medium weight plus flavors that coat the palate with dry... Read More

A slightly riper nose of citrus confit green apple and acacia reflects none of the exoticism typically found in Beauroy. There is a fine bead of minerality on the delicious and rounder flavors that display excellent underlying... Read More

The 2021 Chablis Côte de Léchet 1er Cru comes from three parcels. This has a well-defined classically-lined bouquet that unfurls in the glass fine mineralité quite strict and focused. The palate is well balanced with a saline... Read More

The 2018 Chablis 1er Cru Vaulorent numbers among the highlights of the Piuze range this year unfurling in the glass with notes of lime zest lemon oil oyster shells and white flowers. On the palate it's medium to full-bodied... Read More

Brothers Arnaud and David have been making exciting intriguing wines at the family domaine. Their Vau de Vey comes from 0.95ha of vines with an average age of 35 years. Plenty of power and complexity on nose and palate. A touch... Read More

Fevre's Vaulorent is just a little more precise on the nose. Seguier says it is always elegant always fresh. Fevre's take on this renowned premier cru has an understated nose yet you can feel the power within. Lovely ripeness... Read More