Moreau-Naudet Petit Chablis 2024

Moreau’s Petit Chablis comes from a single 2.5-hectare site, La Grosse Cour, between Courgis and Beine, just outside Chablis on the route to Auxerre. It has a southwest orientation and lies on Kimmeridgian soils (as opposed to the higher Portlandian soils on which most Petit is grown). Half of the plot is home to 25- to 30-year-old vines, while the other half is somewhat older at 45 to 50 years. The wine fermented spontaneously in large vats of 32 to 100 hectolitres. This wine possesses a surprising, though welcome, gravitas and charisma for a Petit Chablis. It is always a pleasure to taste what mature vines and quality, organic-focused farming can create at this level. Importer note

“Hmm – there’s a fine mineral depth here – that’s very encouraging – I’d carafe to open a little more. Wide, a fine mouthful of flavour here. It vibrates in the finish – that’s super – and long too.”Bill Nanson, Burgundy Report