Exotic peach and honeysuckle. Soft and easy, but a little might go a long way. Tasted Jun 2024.

Michel’s 2023 Petit Chablis, derived from 1.7 hectares of 25-year-old vines behind the grands crus, is rather charming and broad, wafting with aromas of pear, ripe citrus fruit and red apple. Medium to full-bodied and rather opulent, it’s a generous wine with an expansive finish, though lacking the acidic cut. It will drink well right out of the gates. Guillaume Michel presides over this 25-hectare estate, with most of the land located in the historic part of Chablis. This estate has long been a reference point for tank-fermented and -matured Chablis, a style that the Michel family helped to popularize in the 1980s. Intense and tensile wines are the calling card here, pure and unadorned in style.(KK)

The 2023 Petit Chablis has a straightforward bouquet with orange zest and lemon scents. The palate is brisk and breezy on the opening. Not a deep or complex Petit Chablis, with a light chalkiness coming through on the finish. Fine.(NM)