12/27/2023 0 Comments Chablis wine reviews![]() ![]() These wines, necessarily, are labeled as Bourgognes. They are such a success that the domaines will probably do it again in 2017. In 2016, for the first time, I’ve seen some blends of local grapes with others sourced from Mâcon – for example Samuel Billaud and Séguinot-Bordet – and unlike similar blends in the Côte d’Or where the extra sun of the southern grapes is easy to see – it’s hardly visible in these blends.2015 or 2016? it’s a question of focus, of definition, but not of balance or concentration – there are great 2015s, but I have a modest 2016 preference.Like 2015 there are very few wines that suggest the ‘seashore’ in their aromatics – at least at this early-stage tasting.Versus 2015 there is less salinity but more overt minerality to be seen in the 2016s.For that reason, and for the second vintage in a row, I didn’t make a separate blind tasting of these – though please note that Petit Chablis was particularly badly hit by frost, so there is very little. Like in 2015, the Petit Chablis wines are as ‘accessible’ as I have ever seen.Some vintages have overt citrus/agrume, others are more yellow and riper lemon in style – 2016 is a real hotch-potch of a blend – but the wines could only come from Chablis.Still, 2016 is not a hyper-classic, über-covetable vintage for the cellar (do people still do that?) such as 2012 or 2014.Differing from 2015, the wines of 2016 are, generally, more classically Chablis due to having a fresher fruit profile – they have finesse and punch – but I quickly found 3 style types (see below). ![]() 2016 is like 2015 in that it is another delicious vintage in Chablis. ![]()
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