2015 Chablis Montee de Tonnerre
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Bright lemon-yellow. Much less classic and minerally on the nose than the 2016 version, with deep yellow fruit aromas showing the hot-year character. Spicier than usual in the middle palate but in need of more mineral verve and definition. I find this slightly bitter-edged and dry on the back, and not at all typical for this bottling at Billaud-Simon.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Green and fresh and truly Chablis-like. Great tingle and great for now and the future. Fab stuff. (JR)
(all done in stainless steel; made from three parcels of vines averaging 54 years of age): Vibrant aromas of lemon and lime smell like another vintage. Then surprisingly rich and pliant in the mouth, conveying a strong impression of fruit but less stony minerality and tautness than normal for this wine. The wine's sweet impression is nicely supported by its mid-palate material. There's no hail taste here but this is atypically a fruit bomb of a Monteé de Tonnerre.