I tasted the majority of the wines the day before when I tasted Ruggabellus & Clonakilla, so I will comment on if the wines showed identical on the two days or not.
Flight I
2015 Petit Chablis Vibrant
A fresh, pure nose with notes of spicy lemons, summer flowers and a hint of ginger. A Sauvignon Blanc touch to it.
The taste is cool and ligth, yet with fine purity and a fine lemon fruit. For gulping in the summer to some shellfish. Showed a bit better on day two, with the food.
87p (tatsted 2017/02)
2015 Chablis Le Finage
A fine, spicy, cool nose with notes of gravel, grilled lemon and summer flowers. Very good.
The taste is young and tight with notes of spicy lemons, grass and star fruit. Balanced and really fine. Better on day two.
89p (tasted 2017/02)
2014 Chablis Dame Nature
A very stony, rocky, gravelly nose with notes of rocks...and not much else. Is this made of grapes or rocks?
The taste is tight and stony with a high acidity and some dry lemon and dry grass. Ungenerous. They started making this in 2013. I am not going to say that I hope they will stop making it, but a great year as 2014 and all you get is chrushed rocks? Not for me. Identical notes on day one and two.
81p (tasted 2017/02)
2014 Chablis Les Vénérables
The Les Vénérables is a fine wine, with a fine, laid back nose with notes of summer flowers, yellow plums and some smoke. Very, very good.
The taste is young, fine and balanced with notes of sweet lemons, warm grass, minerals and oyster shells. A long finish with a fine mouthfeel. Identical notes on day one and two. This is for buying by the case at 16 Euro.
91p (tasted 2017/02)
Flight II
2015 Chablis 1er Cru La Grande Cuvée
An open, handsome nose with notes of dried tropical fruit, soap, grilled lemons and gravel. Very, very good. A fine sweetness to the fruit.
The taste is young and fresh with notes of ripe lemons, parsnip, eraser and earth. Interesting and fine. Really good. Only tasted once.
91p (tasted 2017/02)
2013 Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Mileu
A cool, rocky nose with notes of assorted yellow fruits, dried flowers, sun warm rocks and smoke. Very elegant.
The taste is young and tight with notes of chrushed rocks, lemon peel and summer flowers. A fine, high acidity. Very, very good. Identical on both occasions.
90p (tasted 2017/02)
2008 Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Mileu
A big, open nose with notes of overripe lemons, dried pineapple, moist earth and a hint of a dishrag. Somewhat oxidized.
The taste is dry, warm, edging on fiery with notes of decaying flowers, old yellow apples and dry fudge. An unbalanced finish. An ok wine but it has matured rapidly. Both bottles identical.
79p (tasted 2017/02)
2009 Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume
A round, generous, fine nose with notes of lemon cream, grass, lemon liquorice and sweet minerals. A tad mature. Very, very good.
The taste is tight and focused with notes of yellow apple, lemon cream, minerals and smoke. Very long and fine. Tasted only once.
91p (tasted 2017/02)
Flight III
2013 Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses
A deep, spicy , multi layered nose with notes of grilled lemons, cap gun smoke, ripe flowers and a fine after-the-rain aroma. Very fine.
The taste is tight and demanding with notes of lemon cream, chrushed rocks, orange fudge and smoke. A long, concentrated finish. Needs 4+ years. A fine wine. Identical bottles.
93p (tasted 2017/02)
2007 Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses
A deep, stony nose with some maturity and notes of smoke, ripe lemons, almond paste and a hint of burning table tennis balls! Very, very good.
The taste is spicy and warm with notes of ripe lemons, tangerines, smoke and dried flowers. Long and fine. Behaved the same on day one and two.
92p (tasted 2017/02)
2011 Chablis Grand Cru Grenouilles
A very refined, deep nose with notes of passion fruit, lemon cream, candle grease and sweet minerals. Very, very fine.
The taste is cool, tight and focused with notes of chrushed rocks, dried flowers and lemon fudge. A long, balanced finish with grace and power. Really fine. One for the cellar. Great on day one, even better at the lunch.
95p (tasted 2017/02)
1996 Chablis Grand Cru Grenouilles
From magnum no less. And directly from La Chablisenne´s cellar. Should be good, no? And it was, but not on that level of magic I had hoped. The nose is deep, tight and concentrated with attenuated notes of ripe lemons, smoke and minerals. Lots of quality here but it doesn´t really lift.
The taste is big, dry and tight with notes of dried tropical fruit, dry lemon cream, cap gun smoke and dry minerals. Very long. Ending on a dry note. Very, very good but was it better a couple of years ago? Tasted once.
89p (tasted 2017/02)
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