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 Vintage2008 Label 1 of 32 
TypeWhite
ProducerLa Chablisienne (web)
VarietyChardonnay
DesignationLes Vénérables Vieilles Vignes
Vineyardn/a
CountryFrance
RegionBurgundy
SubRegionChablis
AppellationChablis
UPC Code(s)3332418000608

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2011 and 2017 (based on 4 user opinions)

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 88.3 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 53 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by christ80 on 3/4/2018 & rated 90 points: Good minerality, needs to be drunk now (1390 views)
 Tasted by Deux Chevaux on 4/24/2017: Similar to our note in Oct 2015, but perhaps showing more complexity. Very enjoyable over three nights. (2136 views)
 Tasted by Deux Chevaux on 10/15/2015: Light golden. Bracingly austere. Refreshingly so. Hints of earth. The opposite of flabby. Very nice over three nights. (3426 views)
 Tasted by abclevalwest on 10/19/2014 & rated 86 points: Very good wine (4305 views)
 Tasted by Mike76 on 11/24/2013 & rated 90 points: Lots of minerality here... also lime and mint. (5217 views)
 Tasted by Gian on 9/26/2013 & rated 87 points: Pale yellow color , nose of sea rocks , green apple , medium bodied , salty with a medium long finish (4194 views)
 Tasted by Rasmus_sch on 5/10/2012 & rated 90 points: Great nose with mixture of tropical fruit, honey and minerality. The palate is sharp, fresh and salty. Good balance throughout the taste ending with some bitterness and grapefruit character.
Could be stored for at least 5 years. (5189 views)
 Tasted by jazzb on 10/17/2011: fint mineraldriven chablis från svalt år
8p (4527 views)
 Tasted by Zweder on 9/9/2011 & rated 86 points: Tart citrus and minerals. Focused. Some bitterness in the finish. Ok for around $20. (3760 views)
 Tasted by SimonG on 8/15/2011: Chablisienne 2008s - brief impressions (Chablisienne, Chablis): Far more grip and minerality here. Proper Chablis. ***1/2 (3369 views)
 Tasted by Alex H on 7/9/2011 & rated 85 points: Lightly smoked green apples and asparagus. Extremely restrained presentation of rock , salt and quartz. Lovely sharpness with minerality and energy. (2759 views)
 Tasted by Paul S on 5/17/2011 & rated 89 points: Burgundy 2011 Day 2: Visit to La Chablisienne (Chablis, Burgundy): While not a great wine, this was certainly good - a very nice wine for its price range. I liked the nose with its faint hints of creamy oak, seashell, marl and wite fruit. This was a far deeper and satisfying bouquet than on the La Pierelle. The palate showed really young and a bit backward. Very fresh, very crisp, almost a bit aggressive on the attack with the acidity, but there was enough structure and body on the midpalate to balance it out. Here again I got white fruits with plenty of cirtus limes, grapefruit and lovely stony minerality. The finish was just a bit hollow at the base for me. Unfortunate, because I really liked the energetic purity on the attack and the elegant shape of the wine. Time may bring it around yet - this is one wine I would not mind stocking up on for daily drinking. (2736 views)
 Tasted by Mingmong on 5/17/2011 & rated 88 points: Nice minerality on the nose, its a rounder fuller wine with richer grapefruit and sour apples. Gives a mouth-watering end. (2042 views)
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By David Lawrason
WineAlign (6/23/2012)
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By Steve Thurlow
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By Allen Meadows
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By Allen Meadows
Burghound, October 2009, Issue #36
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La Chablisienne

Producer website

U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)

Chardonnay

The Chardonnay Grape

France

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.com

Burgundy

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."

https://weinlagen-info.de/#bereich_id=58 Single vineyards on weinlagen-info James Suckling

Chablis

Chablis AOC (Burgundy Wines)

 
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