2024 Samuel Billaud Chablis Montee de Tonnerre 1er (Pre-arrival)

Burghound Sweet Spot Outstanding ♥ – “From a .45 ha holding in both Montée de Tonnerre proper and Chapelot. A more elegant and more floral-infused nose speaks of mineral reduction, iodine, quinine and an array of citrus nuances. Once again, the mouthfeel of the middle weight flavors is super-sleek with excellent delineation that carries over to the almost painfully intense, chiseled, stony and strikingly long finish. This is pretty much textbook MdT so if you can find it, buy it.”

James Suckling 95 – “There is great purity to this, with implicit minerality, limey fruit and seashells. Dense, compact minerality and limey flavors with pretty dense character. Vertical, really long and crystalline. 56 years old vines from the two climats: Chapelot and Montée de Tonnerre. Drink or hold.”