This used to be made from 118 year-old vines but they finally gave out so now they're using on average 60+ year-old vines and the result is stunning. This has the classic saltiness that is missing from many of the recent Chablis vintages with crisp acidity and lemon rind notes this feels like a Chablis from 2 decades ago! For under $30 this is a flat out steal and is absolutely shimmering with energy and verve.

Sometimes, I think it's a little bonkers to think about some aspects of wine production. To think that we get this from one of the most known and renowned wine regions in the world, it's old vines that are over 60 (maybe 75?) years old, and yet you can buy this for just $30. How does it taste? Oh yeah. The nose is rich, clean, and deep. There's nothing off, there's only just this little hint of oak somewhere in the background, a good place for it to be. The entire nose is a study in elegance and nuance, with a myriad of subtle notes. The standouts are a delightful apple, but it's both red and green, and a hint of pithy lemon, and then a delightful saline minerality. This has a depth that's just really alluring, the promise of the palate already showing in the nose. Texturally, the mouthfeel is really nice and round, no sharp edges with more oak showing up than on the nose. The fruit is lush and pretty, lots of green apple, that pithy lemon, and a strong saline and slightly chalky finish with a good but slightly restrained level of acidity. This is classic and lovely and everything right about Chablis, cannot recommend this highly enough.