2016 Chablis Les Preuses
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(the yield here was just 35 hectoliters per hectare owing to millerandage ): Aromas of yellow fruits, flowers and spices suggest a deep wine. Fat, savory and dry; a very concentrated wine with excellent breadth for the vintage. But the brisk flavors of pear, fresh white plum and Granny Smith apple will need time to fill in. It's hard to believe that this fruit was picked at 11.8% potential alcohol (and chaptalized only to 12.2%), but Piuze noted that he routinely gets mature skins here at low sugar levels.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
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The 2016 Chablis Grand Cru les Preuses has a refined bouquet with lemon thyme, mint and oyster shell—very focused and detailed. The palate is fresh and poised, quite energetic on the entry and maintaining that level right up until the saline finish, which has just the right amount of bitterness to urge you back for another sip. This feels tighter than Patrick's other crus at the moment and as such, I would afford it two, possibly three years in bottle.