Billaud Simon Chablis Grand Cru Blanchots Vieille Vigne 2023

Billaud Simon Chablis Grand Cru Blanchots Vieille Vigne 2023

While there is a hint of vegetal on the now fully mature aromas of spicy secondary fruit

This doesn’t come off as the least bit too dry (at four grams) and its succulence of fruit persists into a long

burnt sugar

the nose is beginning to display the first hints of initial maturity though to be clear

This somewhat rustic effort is very Corton in basic character and a wine that's going to require patience

An expressive and bright nose features notes of diverse red berries

The palate impression is impressively rich with excellent volume along with plenty of the hallmark minerality suffusing the sleek

This is so well-balanced that despite how young it is at present

complexity and sheer class of the Tychson Hill or the IX Estate

Denis though it is earthier and almost as complex

made from grapes grown by David Abreu at his estate vineyards in Napa

Layers of blue and black fruit