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Montmains is on the same slope of the left bank as Vaillons, but has deeper clay soils, and typically produces a rounder wine, with more weight. The clay soils also make it a cooler site and it often gets picked last. This makes for a really quite Burgundian style of wine, as in, it wouldn’t be impossible to mistake it for something from the Côte d’Or if tasting blind. But that little kick of oyster shell which whips around the fruit gives it away as Chablis.
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40% oak. Glowing pale lemon and lime in colour. The Droin holding in Montmains is in a cooler spot than Vaillons, so picked a week later. Some flesh but matched by a little tension at the back. Attractive in its balance. Drink from 2027-2031. Tasted Jun 2025.
The 2024 Chablis Montmains 1er Cru offers lilting apricot and clementine scents on the pretty nose, which is perhaps what I was expecting from the Vaillons! The palate is very well balanced with more body and slightly less tension than the Vaillons. This is more approachable with its open-armed, tropical-tinged finish. The 2024 will be difficult to resist!
Critic score 92/100
Maturity Young 2027 - 2038
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Maturity Ready 2026 - 2035
Critic score 91.25/100
Maturity Ready 2026 - 2038
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