2018 Samuel Billaud Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  1/25/2024 - BurgundySimon Likes this wine: 94 Points

  On the nose: Slightly reductive flinty minerality and citrus.
  
  The palette includes citrus, stone fruit, wet stone minerality, creamy, great fresh acidity and long lingering aftertaste.
  
  2018 a difficult year for many burgundy producers with slightly burnt fattiness. Noting of the sort can be found in this example. Proving again the quality of this producer. Still somewhat affordable now, but I fear in the future this will not be the case for long.

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  11/15/2022 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 91 Points

  good chablis, but not a great QPR at $120 (w/tax + shpmt)... then again it was 2018... wouldn't necessarily stop me from buying / trying at 2019 or 2017 of this wine... chablis typicity but nothing striking (sorta boring)... the other comments on finesse / elegance make sense

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  9/18/2022 - Harley1199 wrote:

  By the glass. Much better than Sechet in spite some contrary opinions. Pride its status offering elegance, full-bodied wine, balanced and still young. Vivid this blend of lemony acid and glycerine texture. We've to wait.
  
  Por copas. Mucho mejor que Sechet a pesar de algunas opiniones contrarias. Orgullo de su estatus que ofrece elegancia, un vino con cuerpo, equilibrado y aún joven. Vívida esta mezcla de limón ácido y textura de glicerina. Tenemos que esperar.

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  4/11/2021 - csimm wrote: 94 Points

  Lemony zippiness is carried by a solid bead of acidity that streaks through the yellow citrus profile with a well placed dose of white travertine flavors on the tail. A Les Clos with both finesse and speed. Pure and clean, with the verve I'm looking for without compromising fruit flavor. Great now for the tension; hold a couple of years for the complexity. 93-94+ points.
  
  The closure here natural cork. DIAM is used with some of the 1er crus. Bummer for this GC.

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  3/19/2021 - WoodieBayArea wrote:

  had a bottle a week ago, then this over the last two nights... better I thought on the second bottle... still needs to settle down but some good potential (which I'm please about, given most of my 'test bottles' for 2018 haven't really pleased)

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