Louis Michel Chablis Grand Cru, Grenouilles 2020

Domaine Louis Michel

"The 2020 Chablis Grand Cru Grenouilles is also very attractive, revealing aromas of pear, fresh peach, white flowers, citrus blossom, freshly baked bread and nutmeg. Full-bodied, rich and layered, it's a deep, concentrated wine, with more flesh on its bones than the sensual, refined Vaudésir. Guillaume Michel presides over this important 22-hectare estate, which has long been the reference for tank-fermented and matured Chablis, a style that the Michel family did much to popularize in the 1980s. Intense and tensile wines are the calling card here, pure and unadorned in style and consistently high in quality. Indeed, I sometimes think that Louis Michel is the most underrated of Chablis's larger domaines. The 2020 vintage is a real success here and likely the domaine's best since 2017. Some cuvées will see a slightly longer than usual élevage due to glass shortages, but I suspect that will only enhance their quality. Drink 2025 - 2045."
94/100 Wine Advocate

France

Burgundy

Mineral and complex

White

13.0

75.0

• Dry

Chardonnay