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| Drinking window: Drink between 2025 and 2031 (based on 74 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.2 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by AD_jutant on 5/5/2024 & rated 88 points: WSET3 Course Notes; 4/28/2024-6/9/2024 (WineHouse, Los Angeles): A: Pale lemon.
N: Medium+ intensity. Lemon, lime, crisp apple, wet stones. Dough from lees contact and rendered butter from MLC. Toast. Still youthful, though.
P: Dry, high acidity. Medium alcohol and body. Medium+ intensity. Lemon juice, oaky toast, wet stones. Medium+ finish with lingering acidity.
AQ: Good to very good. Guessed Chablis 1er cru blind but missed the year: oak threw me off.
Can drink now, but has potential for ageing. (74 views) | | | Tasted by SH Wu on 3/7/2024 & rated 90 points: Needs some time in glass to open up. White flowers and nectarines on the nose lead to a rich palate laying on a strong backbone of fresh citrus minerality and a creamy body.
This went great with an assortment of shellfish appetizers. The persistent lemon rind finish helped lift a lot of the stronger seafood courses. (203 views) | | | Tasted by d'Artagnan on 12/6/2023 & rated 91 points: Au Damas.
Déjà bien délié, plus ouvert que les millésimes précédents, il est franchement délicieux avec une belle dimension crayeuse. 91-92 pts (469 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 9/11/2023 & rated 92 points: France Trip: Paris, Champagne, Burgundy; 9/3/2023-9/17/2023 (Paris, Champagne, Burgundy): Pale green-gold color. Drank a small glass at Domaine Christian Moreau Pere et Fils. During the heart of the harvest, what fun to walk through the winery with Fabien Moreau tasting all the 2022's from tank as the 2023 grapes were coming in! Fabienne was kind and generous in giving us his time and making us feel welcome. 2021 was a very small volume vintage and hot.Beautifully expressive, lovely with some nice tropcial notes. (470 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 4/26/2023 & rated 89 points: Wildman Grand Tour (RPM - Chicago IL): Walkaround tasting. Bright green apple, just slightly tart for now. Good weight. (1366 views) |
| By Neal Martin
Vinous, Where Art Thou Chablis? - Chablis 2021 & 2022 (Sep 2023) (9/1/2023)
(Domaine Christian Moreau Père & Fils Chablis Vaillon 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, Oct-23, Issue #92
(Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils Chablis "Vaillon" 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Matthew Hayes
JancisRobinson.com (9/19/2022)
(Dom Christian Moreau Père et Fils, Vaillons Premier Cru Chablis White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, Sep-22, Issue #88
(Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils Chablis "Vaillon" 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jasper Morris
Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy, The Chablis 2021 Report (6/1/2022)
(Chablis Vaillon 1er Cru, Domaine Christian Moreau & Fils, White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, Swings and Roundabouts: Chablis 2020/2021 (Sep 2022)
(Domaine Christian Moreau Père & Fils Chablis Vaillon 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils Producer website
Christian Moreau, former director of J. Moreau & Fils in Burgundy's Chablis region, is unveiling a new project in Chablis. Three wines of the new Christian Moreau Pére & Fils label—a Chablis 1999, a premier cru Vaillons 1999 and a small amount of grand cru Les Clos 1999—will reach wine shops in the United States this spring.
The new wines are made from purchased grapes, but Moreau will regain the use of his own premiers and grands crus vineyards in 2001, after the expiration of his contract to supply grapes to J. Moreau & Fils, which is now owned by Burgundy giant Boisset. Among Moreau's vineyard holdings are 25 acres of grand cru Vaudisir, Valmur and Les Clos, including the tiny Clos des Hospices, a coveted 5.3-acre monopole, or single-owner vineyard, in the heart of Les Clos.
Joining Moreau as winemaker is his son Fabien, who studied enology at Dijon University. "There will be no more vins de table," said the elder Moreau. "I want to stay on the small side and control the quality." To achieve growth from 250 cases to 6,500 cases annually, Moreau purchased one of the William Févre wineries from Bouchard Pére & Fils.
The new Christian Moreau Chablis, Vaillons and Les Clos, not yet rated, will sell for about $17, $28 and $50, respectively. Frederick Wildman & Sons of New York, whose contract with J. Moreau & Fils ended recently, is the importer, continuing the relationship that Christian Moreau's father, Guy, began in 1938.Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Chablis Chablis (Fédération de Défense de l'Appellation Chablis) | Chablis (Burgundy Wines)
2014 Vintage Notes:
"... a hybrid of 2004/2007 and 2010. The stone, citrus and limestone amalgam is exactly what we search for in Chablis as the style harkens to a day in the Cote de Beaune proper (1960's - 1980's) when wine was not meant to be consumed the week it was released, battonage was not used by all and new oak was rarely seen ... the texture is natural and 'of the vintage' not 'of the winemaker' .... Like Sancerre or the Loire in general, 2014 in Chablis is one of those rare years with extract and transparency. It appears to be a vintage for the "neoclassic" ages and those of us intent on cellaring the most terroir-driven (but still powerful) examples of vineyard, site-place and varietal will want to invest (heavily) in the magnetic and electric 2014's." - Jon Rimmerman
2018 Vintage Notes:
"There’s not that razor sharp Chablis acidity in 2018,” says Patrick Piuze. “But there is good definition of place. The dry conditions drove vines to drink deeper down in the soil profile."
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