2016 Domaine Labet Chardonnay Lias

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  4/18/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 Points

  Dinner at 312 Fish Market (Chicago, IL): chardonnay - 30 to 60 year old vines - vineyard blend - La Pellerine, Le Crêt, Arteau - terroir - blue Lias clay on Bathonien limestone - 17 months in old oak barrels - pH 3.11 - free sulfites <6mg/L - total 12 mg/L. Classic Labet, with just that classic reductive winemaking style and a fair bit of white wine volatility. That said, this still tastes might clean and bright for my palate, and is unmistakably Labet with a slight hint of sotolon, plenty of acidity, and still a good amount for white fruit.

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  12/9/2022 - jrick Likes this wine: 93 Points

  That reduction everyone is talking about below was there for sure, but at least on the palate it left with just a bit of aeration. Delicious, classic Labet.

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  12/7/2022 - Vas19 wrote: 93 Points

  Still plenty of reduction, coupled with that intense jura salinity. Incredibly complex, I enjoy this a lot but dont pop this when you're looking for something serene and calm.

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  5/16/2022 - acyso wrote: 93 Points

  Dinner at Hermosa (Chicago, IL): The heavy reduction that I mentioned in my previous note seems to have subdued a fair bit. This is a wine influenced by oxygen, made in a reductive style. It's that sort of good, noble reduction here, and it's not particularly prominent. The nose is fruity and aromatic, and there is a subtle sotolon note here, as well as some serious salinity. Classic Labet brightness and acidity.

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  1/30/2021 - acyso wrote: 93 Points

  This is way, way more reduced than the other editions of Lias that I've tasted, to the point where I have to say it's uncharacteristic of Labet, at least on the nose. Not sure how that even happened, because I doubt there's added SO2 here. The nose reminds me a bit more of the modernist white Burgundy style. In any case, the palate is much more back to normal, showing a generous array of citrus and stone fruit, followed by that crazy brilliant Labet minerality. A winner as always.

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