Patrick Piuze - Chablis 1 Er Cru Les Forets 2018

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'From the lower slopes, which gives more flesh in this cru. A touch of yellow to the colour and rather a powerful bouquet, with a touch of heat. Entirely white fruit though, with very good weight and exceptional length.' - 91 points. Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy

The Producer

“Here is a truly thrilling new producer of hand-crafted Chablis, designed to showcase the individuality of different terroirs, not just at premier (and one grand) cru level, but within that very substantial area devoted to AC Chablis.” - Jancis Robinson

“The only thing truly original in the world of wine is the underlying terroir and I have nothing else interesting to add. Anyone can copy anyone else’s techniques so what else is there to make great wines? I believe the answer is simple: Terroir. I want to work only with the fruit from old vines and even then, only old vines that are planted exclusively within the original boundaries of Chablis. If I respect these things, it will be almost impossible to make bad wine.” – Patrick Piuze

The Region

Chablis

View of Chablis, Burgundy, from the north, vineyard of Vaulorent in the foreground
Type	Appellation d'origine contrôlée
Year established	1938
Country	France
Part of	Burgundy
Total area	6,834 hectares (16,890 acres)
Size of planted vineyards	4,820 hectares (11,900 acres)
Varietals produced	Chardonnay (Beaunois)

The Chablis region is the northernmost wine district of the Burgundy region in France. The cool climate of this region produces wines with more acidity and flavors less fruity than Chardonnay wines grown in warmer climates. These wines often have a "flinty" note, sometimes described as "goût de pierre à fusil" ("tasting of gunflint"), and sometimes as "steely". The Chablis Appellation d'origine contrôlée is required to use Chardonnay grapes solely.

The grapevines around the town of Chablis make a dry white wine renowned for the purity of its aroma and taste. In comparison with the white wines from the rest of Burgundy, Chablis wine has typically much less influence of oak. Most basic Chablis is unoaked, and vinified in stainless steel tanks.

The amount of barrel maturation, if any, is a stylistic choice which varies widely among Chablis producers. Many Grand Cru and Premier Cru wines receive some maturation in oak barrels, but typically the time in barrel and the proportion of new barrels is much smaller than for white wines of Côte de Beaune.^[1]