Samuel Billaud : Chablis 1er cru "Montée de Tonnerre" 2022

Cool and restrained, not showing a lot at the moment, but has a fine balance between fruit ripeness and a fine thread of acidity. Precise, this will need time. Samuel Billaud has one plot in Chapelot and one in Montée de Tonnerre.

The 2022 Chablis Montée de Tonnerre 1er Cru has a very impressive bouquet with wonderful marine‑inflected malic scents, quite strict and focused, leaning more toward traditional old‑school Chablis. The palate is very well balanced with a sapid entry, linear and strict, with a twist of sour lemon on the finish. Excellent.

We would love to see all the grands crus from this estate raised the way this magnificent premier cru is. A compact, monolithic wine, a premier cru with a dense framework, free of any fruity impression, putting us directly in touch with its bedrock. A wine that showcases the power of its terroir and should be forgotten in the cellar for at least ten years.