Winemaker Notes
The wine presents a bright, pale yellow hue with green and silver glints. On the nose, it opens with vibrant notes of citrus such as lime and candied lemon, followed by hints of sweet spice. The palate is full and generous, showcasing layers of lemon blossom, fresh orange, and candied lemon. Complex and elegant, it finishes with a distinctive saline touch. This wine pairs beautifully with poultry, mushroom tart, or dry goat’s cheese.
Professional Ratings
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Jasper Morris
Named for the date of plantation. Ripe apples with just the faintest peachiness on the nose. Impressive intensity and the marine aspect doesn’t hesitate to shine through on the palate along with ripe lemon and a trac e of pineapple. Complex yet coherent. Notable length. Barrel Sample: 90-91
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Vinous
The 2023 Chablis Vieilles Vignes V.V.46 comes from the first vineyard given to Julien Brocard's father, the vines were planted in 1946, the same year his father was born. Cropped at 30hl/ha, it has a very pure bouquet with elderflower and light honey and acacia scents. The palate is well balanced with a keen line of acidity, just a dab of sour lemon towards the finish.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
The source of the most racy, light and tactile, yet uniquely complex Chardonnay, Chablis, while considered part of Burgundy, actually reaches far past the most northern stretch of the Côte d’Or proper. Its vineyards cover hillsides surrounding the small village of Chablis about 100 miles north of Dijon, making it actually closer to Champagne than to Burgundy. Champagne and Chablis have a unique soil type in common called Kimmeridgian, which isn’t found anywhere else in the world except southern England. A 180 million year-old geologic formation of decomposed clay and limestone, containing tiny fossilized oyster shells, spans from the Dorset village of Kimmeridge in southern England all the way down through Champagne, and to the soils of Chablis. This soil type produces wines full of structure, austerity, minerality, salinity and finesse.
Chablis Grands Crus vineyards are all located at ideal elevations and exposition on the acclaimed Kimmeridgian soil, an ancient clay-limestone soil that lends intensity and finesse to its wines. The vineyards outside of Grands Crus are Premiers Crus, and outlying from those is Petit Chablis. Chablis Grand Cru, as well as most Premier Cru Chablis, can age for many years.