2005 La Chablisienne Chablis Grand Cru Grenouilles Château Grenouilles

WineAlign

• By Michael Godel
  12/18/2016, (See more on WineAlign...)

  (La Chablisienne Château Grenouilles Chablis Grand Cru white) Login and sign up and see review text.

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• By Jancis Robinson, MW
  8/11/2008, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)

  (La Chablisienne, Château Grenouilles Chablis Grand Cru White) Subscribe to see review text.

Burghound

• By Allen Meadows
  4th Quarter, 2007, Issue #28, (See more on Burghound...)

  (La Chablisiènne Chablis Château de Grenouilles Grand Cru White) Subscribe to see review text.

Garagiste

• By Jon Rimmerman
  7/31/2008, (See more on Garagiste...)

  (GRENOUILLES La Chablisienne Chablis) Chablis Dear Friends, Here is one of the more impressive bottles of 2005 Chablis and it will only get better. In a nutshell, this has become as tough to find as the very top wines of Burgundy and very little makes its way to the US - only 40 x 6-packs were exported (20 cases) which is almost ridiculous (there are more bottles of Raveneau Le Clos exported). We have one parcel, directly from the source with perfect provenance: 2005 La Chablisienne Chablis Grand Cru "Grenouilles" (BH92) Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Burg7010

• By Jon Rimmerman
  3/19/2008, (See more on Garagiste...)

  (Chat Grenouilles CHABLISIENNE Chablis) 2005 Chateau de Grenouilles Dear Friends, I know many of you are trying to cut it close to the vest right now (due to the economy) but I could only get this allocation before April 1st so here goes...the wine is worth the investment. In Chablis, it has not been uncommon for rival vintners to tell me if they had to pick one wine from 2005 as the dragon chasing wine of the vintage, it would be this one (nothing from their own stable) and I’m talking about the best vintners in Chablis, not B list contenders. Sometimes referred to as the La Tache of Chablis, the Chateau de Grenouilles monopole bottling from La Chablisienne is nothing short of stunning. It combines the very best attributes of 2004 and 2005 in a seamless, ice-pick meets extract wine that is true to the history of the Chateau Grenouilles but also is representative of the change in style of the winery - against new oak (they used to use mostly new oak in this wine but the material in 2005 was so viscous and complete on its own that it is mostly old wood). From some of Chablis’ oldest vines (if not the oldest), other vintners are said to come to this plot, to think and meditate - to reflect on the direction of Burgundy in general. In other words, this vineyard is about more than the wine produced, it’s about history and it’s recognized as unlike any other parcel in Chablis. The Chateau Grenouilles vines produce very little fruit but eating the raw berries of the plant is a memorable experience - almost akin to nibbling 100-150 year old pre-phylloxera Shiraz grapes off their original rootstock in the Barossa - certainly a different expression but the lasting impact is the same: ” This wine is one of the rarest bottles from the vintage - Only 10 cases for the US market. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED as a long-term ageing wine that should repay the patient: ONE SHIPMENT ONLY at this price, about the same as in Europe: 2005 La Chablisienne Chablis “Chateau de Grenouilles (wood/monopole)” (this is not the Fiefs or the regular Grenouilles bottling, it is the wood Grand Cru that they only made a few hundred cases of) EXTREMELY LIMITED Please give us your maximum number and we will allocate accordingly Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Burg6690