Made from 70+ year-old vines the Fourneaux Vieilles Vignes is an absolute stunner. The fruit here is so pure and present from the very first aroma all the way through to the long pleasing finish that this wine feels utterly irresistible. so easy to drink and so loaded with pure fruit, salty sea breeze notes and the perfect amount of acidity make this a delicious 1er Cru Chablis.

There are 40 main 1er Cru vineyards in Chablis and Les Fourneaux is located on its eastern edge. "Les Fourneaux" means "furnace," because this particular cru has a warm mesoclimate that produces ripe tropical wines. Notably, like many 1er crus, the vineyard has Kimmeridgian marl soils and old vines - some up to 75 + years old. 2023 was hot and dry. In typical Burgundy fashion, viticulturists had to battle spring frosts, rain (mildew!), and drought to make it to the finish line, but the harvest had high yields of lush ripe grapes. The Agnes Gleizes is ripe and round, soft on the palate, with saline, minerality, characteristic tropical notes, and a nice long finish.

From a nice trio of direct import Chablis comes this great premier cru bottle. These are older vines (around 75 years!) located in a warmer microclimate. What does that mean? Ripe fruit! The fruit here is excellent, but there's acidity and minerality to give it structure too. The palate is nice and round, and there's a lot of complexity here. This is a serious value of a Chablis!