2018 Moreau Naudet Chablis Forets 1er

One of the truly great sites in Chablis, comparable in some vintages to the Grands Crus. Moreau-Naudet’s vines age from twenty-five to sixty years. The 2018 is a wine of poise and precision, that starts with lemon oil and high-toned white fruit and opens up with air, showing more floral aromatics and sea spray. There is an overall sense of class and poise here that makes obvious the Premier Cru designation. It combines a delicacy of texture with density and a feeling that if you have the patience to stash a couple away, there will be plenty to unpack as you drink them through the years. If it’s any assurance, a 2010 that I opened last year was everything that mature Chablis should be and reason enough for me to keep buying these wines.

Vinous – “The 2018 Chablis Forets 1er Cru is a very complete wine, even in the early going. Powerful and ample, the Forets offers notable breadth as well as detail. It is another super-expressive Chablis in this range from Moreau-Naudet. “