Chablis Vaulorent QC, Patrick Piuze 2020

Is Piuze's 2020 Chablis 1er Cru Vaulorent Les Quatres Chemins even better than its 2019 predecessor? I'm inclined to think so, and to my palate, it's also his joint-finest wine this year. Offering up aromas of citrus oil, confit lemon and crisp Anjou pear mingled with notions of iodine and freshly baked bread, it's medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, with terrific concentration, racy acids and a long, intensely saline finish. 2025 - 2045

The new Quatre Chemin bottling of Vaulorent from Domaine Piuze is truly stunning and is really of grand cru quality in 2020. The bouquet jumps from the glass in a blaze of pear, apple,lemon, a great base of chalky minerality, a touch of iodine, beeswax, citrus blossoms and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, focused and complex, with a bit more mid-palate depth than the regular bottling of Vaulorent, great cut and grip, perfect balance and a very, very long, complex and vibrant finish. Stunning juice! 2028-2070."