100% Chardonnay.
Colour: Very pale, clear with light green tints.
Bouquet: An elegant, racy nose showing notes of mandarins, fresh almond and dried apricot.
Palate: Rich and round in the mouth with elegant notes of acacia honey and citrus, good length and a finish that returns to mineral notes.
Will be perfect for all grand dishes such as lobster or grilled turbot, scallops, crayfish, sashimi, urchins, a creamy cheese and even caviar.
Ideally serve cooled down at 14°C / 57°F.
This Grand Cru wine can be laid down in a cellar for 5 to 7 years.
Chablis, near Auxerre in the Yonne department, is one of the northernmost vineyards in Burgundy. Located on the doorstep of Champagne and the Paris region, it has built a reputation exclusively on its white wines, produced on the slopes bordering the Serein valley, on rich Kimmeridgian soils.
‘Les Clos’ is the largest (24.75 hectares) and most homogeneous of the seven Grands Crus of Chablis. Located on a south-west facing hillside with a regular slope of around 200 metres, it rests on Portlandian colluvial soils and Kimmeridgian marl, giving the wines power and character.
The grapes were slowly pressed. The juice was left to settle at cold temperatures and the alcoholic fermentation began in stainless steel tanks. After 3 days, 30% of the juice was transferred to fine-grained oak barrels to continue the alcoholic fermentation. The remaining juice was left in stainless steel tanks for alcoholic fermentation under controlled temperatures (18-20°C / 64-68°F). The malolactic fermentation was completed. Finally, the wine was aged on its fine lees for 18 months.