Lucky for us, due to my passion project to find wines for date night, I reserved my allocation prior to them being snatched up by the NYC Sommelier set. The bad news is that there are only miniscule amounts of Sébastien’s wines coming into the states. Incredible acidic cut will make this fantastic at the table and a great candidate for short term aging.
The hallmark of the great 2022s will be tension and length and Sébastien’s little wine has both in spades. In the palate, the wine is racy and mineral with just a touch of salinity. The 2022 Petit Chablis has an attractive nose of citrus rind, white flowers, and wet stone. Where Does Chablis Come From Chablis is the most northerly wine-producing district in France’s easterly Burgundy region. Many of the grapes date back to plantings from the 60’s and are located behind the Grand cru slope and Premier crus of the Serein river’s right bank. Chablis is a crisp white wine made from chardonnay grapes in the Chablis region of France. He farms sustainably, hand-harvests, and ferments with native yeast, mostly in steel. A Chardonnay wine through and through, Petit Chablis has, in fact, nothing little about it. Sébastien inherited a tiny parcel (half an acre) in Petit Chablis – from which today’s offer comes. Petit Chablis are generally made without the use of oak barrels.Christophe et Fils is basically a one man show. In thte Petit Chablis areas, Portlandien soil dominates, a clay limestone soil similar to the prized Kimmeridgian (where the Grands and Premiers Crus Chablis vineyards lie), but geologically younger. Top scoring Petit Chablis 2019 With marked differences across tiers, there is a case for 'trading up' and investing in top 2019 Chablis, but don't overlook the entry-level Petit Chablis bottlings to get enjoyment out of these seductive, young and accessible wines says Andy Howard MW. The term Petit Chablis actually refers to the wines made from Chardonnay grown in vineyards right outside of the borders of the Grands Crus and Premiers Crus, but still within the Chablis wine-growing district.
Raw fish, oysters, grilled prawns, or any fish for that matter, as well as egg-based dishes, goat and soft creamy cheese and savory puff pastry tartlets will partner graciously with the floral, citrus and mineral notes of a Petit Chablis. But Petit Chablis won’t put you over budget and they are notoriously wonderful food pairing wines. Petit Chablis is a perfect introduction to the Chablis style of Chardonnay-bright, racy, tactile, flinty, complex. While there is not really anything small about Petit Chablis, it does categorically represent a “mini” Chablis in the sense that the wines are more approachable when young and not intended for long age. It is this subtle harmony between the grower in the vineyards, the technical advisor and the winemaker which bestows on our wines their much sought-after distinction.
These wines reflect the utmost care our winegrowers devote to the cultivation of their vineyards and the commitment our winemakers bring to revealing the heart and soul of the wines. Our winery groups nearly 300 winegrowers to produce the great white wines of Chablis. Browse our wide selection of Wine Blends & Other for Delivery or Drive Up & Go to pick up. The wines are made from a single grape variety, the Chardonnay which finds in the soil of Chablis the matter for its superb fineness. Shop Domaine Du Colombier Petit Chablis Wine - 750 Ml from Shaws. All are dry white wines made from Chardonnay. It can come in four broad quality levels from Chablis Grand Cru at the top, through to Chablis Premier Cru, standard Chablis and Petit Chablis at the lower tier. Chablis is therefore thefirst producer of white wine in Burgundy. Chablis is a dry white wine made from the Chardonnay grape in northern Burgundy, France. The production of the whole vineyard reaches 250 000 hectolitres per annum. Of the 4,700 hectares in production, La Chablisienne alone represents nearly 25% and produces every one of the Chablis appellations. The vineyards, lying on both sides of the River Serein, cover 6,800 hectares (some 17,000 acres) in 20 villages. These wines, coming from a mosaic of "climats", or vineyard plots, provide a pallet of emotions marked with a truly mineral touch.Ĭhablis, half way between Paris and Beaune, forms the real gateway to Burgundy ’s treasure-house of wines. Since 1923 at Chablis in Burgundy, the meticulous care of the vine-growers working together under the banner of La Chablisienne has given birth to wines whose magnificence is amplified by the passage of time.
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