This is a big, extroverted Chablis. Very pale gold. Nose burbling over with green apple, peach, lemon, and chalky minerals. Fleshy, flashy, and vigorous in the mouth. The first day the fruit was at the fore, and it seemed ripe, intense, and somewhat simple. But the next day, the minerals were out in force, with intense chalky-stoniness overshadowing the still ample fruit. The first night it seemed almost -- unusually for a Chablis -- like there was a bit of residual sugar, but as it aired, that sweetness decreased. By the second day it seemed bone dry. Good acids for such a large-limbed Chablis. What it lacks in complexity and elegance it makes up in sheer force and vigor. B+. Drink over the next 2 years, over which it will probably gain a bit of complexity. Was $21.99 from WTSO.com, and imported by Louis Latour, San Rafael, CA.
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