A hint of residual lactic detracts only mildly from the otherwise pretty floral and primarily citrus fruit aromas that are in keeping with the lemon-suffused, rich and relatively amply-sized flavors that culminate in a strikingly long, dry and crisp finish brimming with Chablis character.
Complex, enticing aromas of ginger, lime peel, quinine and powdered stone. Concentrated, powerful and extremely primary; this tastes like crushed grapes. There's a dusty impression of solidity and superb buffering extract here for the wine's very ripe fruit. Impressively long on the aftertaste. This spent four months in barriques, 10% new, but was in concrete by the time I tasted it.
"...his 2009 Chablis collection will be his largest-ever both in volume and diversity as well as, in his opinion, among his best. (Indeed, those 2009 wines were displaying a dimension of minerality and degree of nuance as well as vivacity from cask and tank in April that few of their vintage appeared likely to equal."
This Grand Cru received the same elevage as the Bougros. Guffens described the acidity and sugar levels here as being close to perfection. It seemed enormous to us yet finely balanced. 200 case production.
