this bottle was slightly stripped of fruit

” he told me

I recommend pushing the drinking window forward by a few extra years to give the wine time to flesh out and open fully

with loads of bright

with no trace of overripeness

Louis Michel, Chablis Clos Vintage:2019 this bottle was slightly stripped(also from . 50 ha parcel, half of which is young vines). A ripe and less obviously exotic nose combines notes of various white orchard fruit, especially pear, with those of rose petal, citrus zest, mineral reduction and algae. The beautifully textured yet markedly intense broad shouldered flavors possess a supple and caressing mid palate that contrasts with the powerful, muscular and serious bitter lemon, stone and saline finish. Note that at least