2019 Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos, Samuel Billaud

2019 Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos, Samuel Billaud

The most prized vineyard in Chablis, and with good reason. It feels tightly coiled in its youth, with a wisp of smoky iodine lingering over briny citrus fruit. This will need a few years to level out and fully express the power contained within its mineral, tingling shell.

Critic score
93/100 info
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Wine details

  • Region & country
    Les Clos, Chablis, France
  • Grape
    Chardonnay
  • Maturity
    Ready 2023 - 2036info
  • Colour
    White
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    13%
  • Classification
    Grand Cru

Tasting notes

Once again the wood treatment isn't subtle wood as it includes vanilla nuances on the dried orchard fruit, iodine and lemongrass-suffused nose. There is outstanding concentration and punch to the powerful and palate coating flavors that deliver excellent length on the balanced finish that is markedly saline. While the oak is prominent at present, it should ultimately integrate, and my predicated range offers the benefit of the doubt in that regard.

Allen Meadows, Burghound (November 2020)
(92—94)/100

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