With yields kept very low, this village level Chablis has the breeding of a premier cru. It is always flinty and minerally, with notes of green apple and grapefruit. This is classic Chablis at its best.
One of my passions in the Wine & Spirits world is finding spectacular value.... This is a perfect example..... Picq has crafted a classic mineral-driven Chablis at a price accessible for every pocket book -- This one is dry, crisp with refreshing, lemon flavors and minerality that pops! Picq keeps yields very low, so the wine is always nervy, flinty. Bright notes of grapefruit, lime and yellow flowers round out this cuvée -- a real steal, considering it has the breeding of a Premier Cru at several times the price.
The range of wine styles offered in Burgundy rivals that of any other region. In Chablis, Chardonnay is left unoaked to produce lean, crisp, steely wines with incredible acidity - a far cry from the vanilla-oak bombs that so many consumers associate with this grape. Fans of rich, unctuous, and well-oaked Chardonnay will enjoy Chassagne-Montrachet, whose age-worthy offerings offer all the fatness...
From Champagne to Chablis, it's hard (not to mention unpleasant) to avoid this famous white variety. During a huge popularity surge beginning in the late 1980s, Chardonnay plantings have increased dramatically -- not only in California's wine country, with which the variety is nearly synonymous, but also in Burgundy (its original, Old World home) and just about everywhere else in the winemaking...
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