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92
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Vinous
White
Classification
Chardonnay
Variety
2022
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
France
Country
Chablis,
Region
12.5%
Alcohol %
5-10 Years
Cellaring
Scores
92 / 100"The 2022 Chablis Vaucoupin ler Cru has a clean and precise bouquet. It is quite mineral-driven and focused, with subtle oyster shell aromas emerging with aeration. The palate is well-balanced with a keen thread of acidity, sapid and lively, and it finishes with a twist of sour lemon. Delicious! Tasted blind at the BIVB tasting in Chablis."
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Tasting Notes
In Chablis, Vaucoupin sees life through white-tinted glasses. From a distance, it looks like an ocean of white limestone, blanketed in some places by dry white clay. Tillage is quite challenging due to shallow Kimmeridgian marls, so patience is crucial in taming this vast terroir. Coming from the right bank of the Serein with a South-west exposure, you could be impressed by its vivacity and freshness.
The nose is fruity, elegant and offers a slight gourmandise. It reveals notes of ripe lemon, ripe clementine ans slight hints of yellow plum associated with a hint of fresh peach as well as a subtle hint of zests.
The palate is fruity, fresh, well-balanced, well-built, racy and offers a beautiful acid frame, a beautiful suavity, elegance, a slight straigthness, roundness as well as a beautiful matter. In the mouth this wine expresses notes of ripe lemon, ripe peach and slight notes of clementine associated with hints of flowers as well as a subtle hint of apple, flint and a subtle hint of ripe mirabelle.