Louis Michel - Petit Chablis 2021

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Louis Michel Description

The Michel family has been cultivating their passion for tradition and the Chablis terroir since 1850. In the mid-20th century, the family stopped making wine in wooden barrels in favor of stainless steel tanks to create clean, pure, and precise Chablis without adding artificial woody flavors. Through this philosophy, combined with limited yields inspired by organic wine-growing techniques, the Domaine has developed a worldwide reputation for fine winemaking in stainless steel tanks. A firmly-rooted sense of excellence is passed down from generation to generation. Louis Michel & Fils has always been a family business and is managed today by Guillaume Gicqueau-Michel."

The 25 hectares encapsulate 3 Grand Crus and 7 Premier Crus as well as Chablis and Petit Chablis terroir. Guillaume Michel runs the domaine now, 80% of the vines are farmed organically, he is strictly sustainable in the vineyards with the highest level of HVE certification. Biodiversity is vital to their work with hedgerow populations of insects and a population of bees humming through the vineyards. Without the presence of oxygen in the early stages of their development these wines take longer to express themselves in bottle, but richly reward those who wait.

A View from the Cellar

It is too bad that there is so very, very little quantity of the 2021 Petit Chablis here this year, as the wine has turned out beautifully. The bouquet offers up scents of pear, green apple, chalky soi tones, white flowers and citrus peel. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, complex and zesty, with a lovely core, good soil undertow and a long, vibrant finish. Good juice. 2023-2035.

Inside Burgundy

This wine is in bottle. Pale lemon colour. A little touch of sulphur directly behind the bottling. Otherwise, some juicy fresh plum fruit, fills the mouth nicely, adequate flesh behind, balanced by good acidity. Just a couple of months and then this will be good to go.