Chablis Grand Cru

The wine

The seven Grands Crus of Chablis — Les Clos, Vaudésir, Valmur, Les Preuses, Bougros, Grenouilles, Blanchot — occupy the right bank of the Serein, on a south-south-west slope where Kimmeridgian soils reach their maximum expression. These chardonnays, the greatest of Chablis, combine the appellation's mineral tension with rare depth, richness and aromatic complexity. Ripe white fruit, honey, toasted hazelnut, iodine and smoke mingle with a saline acidity that carries the wine long. Oak ageing is discreet, to preserve the terroir signature. Grands Crus reach their peak at ten to fifteen years and can hold twenty-five years or more in a good cellar.