2023 Domaine Samuel Billaud Chablis 1er Cru "Mont de Milieu"

Note: from a .58 ha holding that encompasses the three levels of the vineyard. This is aromatically at once markedly ripe yet super-fresh with its array of white peach, pear and lemon-lime confit that also reflects just enough Chablis character to remind you where this is from. There is once again fine mid-palate density to the solidly powerful mineral-driven flavors that display fine length on the balanced finale that is not especially dry or austere. This harmonious and already nicely complex effort should easily repay up to a decade of keeping.*Burghound Sweet Spot Outstanding!*

Just bottled in May, with the Grands Crus. The Mont de Milieu spent one year 80% in wood and 20% in tank, then six months assembled in tank on fine lees. A refined succulence, white fruit with only a hint of peach, nothing exotic, classical tension at the back, the little bitters which the late Jean-Louis Subtil liked so much. Crunchy and delicious. Drink from 2028-2035. Tasted Jun 2025.